TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT METHOD
First Claim
1. A transmission management apparatus comprising:
- a receiving circuit that receives, from a first transmission terminal being one of transmission terminals connected to a network, a communication request for a communication with a second transmission terminal among the transmission terminals;
a processor that selects, in response to reception of the communication request, a relay device to relay data transmitted from the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal among relay devices associated with the first transmission terminal or the second transmission terminal, and determines whether it is necessary to encrypt data to be relayed by the relay device selected by the processor; and
a transmitting circuit that transmits a determination result obtained by the processor to the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal, whereinthe first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal transmit the data to the selected relay device based on the determination result.
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Abstract
A transmission management apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from a first transmission terminal, a communication request for a communication with a second transmission terminal; a fists storage unit that stores therein terminal identification information for identifying the transmission terminals and relay device identification information for identifying a relay device that relays data to be transmitted and received by the first transmission terminal, in an associated manner; a relay device selecting unit that selects the relay device associated with the terminal identification information of the first transmission terminal in the first storage unit; a second storage unit that stores therein the relay device identification information and encryption necessity information in an associated manner; and an encryption necessity determining unit that determines whether encryption is needed based on the encryption necessity information associated, in the second storage unit, with the relay device selected by the relay device selecting unit.
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1. A transmission management apparatus comprising:
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a receiving circuit that receives, from a first transmission terminal being one of transmission terminals connected to a network, a communication request for a communication with a second transmission terminal among the transmission terminals; a processor that selects, in response to reception of the communication request, a relay device to relay data transmitted from the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal among relay devices associated with the first transmission terminal or the second transmission terminal, and determines whether it is necessary to encrypt data to be relayed by the relay device selected by the processor; and a transmitting circuit that transmits a determination result obtained by the processor to the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal, wherein the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal transmit the data to the selected relay device based on the determination result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A transmission management method, comprising:
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receiving, from a first transmission terminal being one of transmission terminals connected to a network, a communication request for a communication with a second transmission terminal among the transmission terminals; selecting, in response to reception of the communication request, a relay device to relay data transmitted from the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal among relay devices associated with the first transmission terminal or the second transmission terminal; determining whether it is necessary to encrypt data to be relayed by the selected relay device; and transmitting a determination result obtained in the determining step to the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal, wherein the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal transmit the data to the selected relay device based on the determination result. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a first transmission terminal connected to a network; a second transmission terminal connected to the network; and a transmission management apparatus including a receiving circuit that receives, from the first transmission terminal, a communication request for a communication with the second transmission terminal; a processor that selects, in response to reception of the communication request, a relay device to relay data transmitted from the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal among relay devices associated with the first transmission terminal or the second transmission terminal, and determines whether it is necessary to encrypt data to be relayed by the relay device selected by the processor; and a transmitting circuit that transmits a determination result obtained by the processor to the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal, wherein the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal transmit the data to the selected relay device based on the determination result.
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