Data communication terminal, proxy device, data communication system, and data communication method

A proxy device that is set up in a data communication network and relays data communication between a data communication terminal and a communication destination device using a predetermined transport layer protocol, the proxy device comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive an address request using an application layer protocol from the data communication terminal, and assign global address information to the data communication terminal and transmit the global address information to the data communication terminal, the application layer protocol being set to be usable in advance between the data communication terminal and the proxy device and the global address information being used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• receive connection destination information of the communication destination device from the data communication terminal using the application layer protocol, and establish a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• and
• set the global address information as a source and thereafter transfer data received from the data communication terminal on the predetermined transport layer protocol to the communication destination device, using a communication channel connected by establishing the connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol, wherein the global address information is embedded, as a source address, in the data of the application layer when using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

A data communication system comprising:

• a data communication terminal that performs data communication with a communication destination device through a proxy device in a data communication network, using a predetermined transport layer protocol, the data communication terminal comprising
• circuitry configured to:
• transmit an address request to the proxy device using an application layer protocol, to get global address information which is used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol, the application layer protocol being set to be usable in advance between the proxy device and the data communication terminal;
• establish a connection with the proxy device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• transmit connection destination information of the communication destination device to the proxy device using the application layer protocol, to request for a connection by the predetermined transport layer protocol between the proxy device and the communication destination device;
• and
• transmit data over a communication channel connected by establishment of the connection with the proxy device by the predetermined transport layer protocol and connection by the predetermined transport layer protocol between the proxy device and the communication destination device, by embedding the global address information, as a source address, in the data of the application layer when using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP);
• and
• a proxy device that is set up in the data communication network and relays data communication between the data communication terminal and a communication destination device using the predetermined transport layer protocol, the proxy device comprising:
• circuitry configured to:
• receive an address request using an application layer protocol from the data communication terminal, and assign global address information to the data communication terminal and transmit the global address information to the data communication terminal, the application layer protocol being set to be usable in advance between the data communication terminal and the proxy device and the global address information being used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• receive connection destination information of the communication destination device from the data communication terminal using the application layer protocol, and establish a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• and
• set the global address information as a source and thereafter transfer data received from the data communication terminal on the predetermined transport layer protocol to the communication destination device, using a communication channel connected by establishing the connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol.

A data communication method for performing data communication from a data communication terminal to a communication destination device via a proxy device in a data communication network, using a predetermined transport layer protocol, the method comprising:

• an address getting step of transmitting, by the data communication terminal, an address request to the proxy device using an application layer protocol, to get from the proxy device global address information which is used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol, the application layer protocol being set to be usable in advance between the proxy device and the data communication terminal;
• a first connection establishing step of establishing, by the data communication terminal, a connection with the proxy device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• a second connection establishing step of receiving, by the proxy device, connection destination information of the communication destination device from the data communication terminal and establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol;
• a data communication step of transmitting, by the data communication terminal, data over a communication channel connected in the first connection establishing step, via the proxy device by embedding the global address information, as a source address, in the data of the application layer when using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP);
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• a data transferring step of setting, by the proxy device, the global address information as a source and thereafter transferring the data received from the data communication terminal in the data communication step to the communication destination device, using a communication channel connected in the second connection establishing step.