Server, reconnection control method, device, reconnection method, program, and record medium

• US 7,689,697 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Chiba, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jean; Frantz B
• Application Number:
  US11/695,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/228, 709/203, 714/48
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A server connectable to a device through a network is disclosed. The server includes a designation section and a transmission section. The designation section designates a first time interval for which the device repeatedly reconnects the server. The transmission section transmits an information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the server is being connected to the device.

Claims

1. A server communicably linked to a device through a network, comprising:

designation means for designating a first time interval (T1) during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server, and a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval are determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval; and

transmission means for transmitting information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the server is being connected to the device, and for transmitting information corresponding to the designated second time interval to the device along with the information corresponding to the designated first time interval while the server is being connected to the device, wherein

when a connection error between the server and the device occurs, the device periodically reconnects to the server during the first time interval according to new time interval T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

2. The server as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transmission means transmits the information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the device is establishing a communication session with the server.

3. The server as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transmission means transmits the information corresponding to the designated first time interval and the information corresponding to the designated second time interval to the device while the device is establishing a communication session with the server.

4. A reconnection control method of a server communicably linked to a device through a network and which controls reconnection of the device to the server, comprising:

designating a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server, and designating a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval; and

transmitting information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the server is being connected to the device, and transmitting information corresponding to the designated second time interval to the device along with the information corresponding to the designated first time interval while the server is being connected to the device, wherein

when a connection error between the server and the device occurs, the device periodically reconnects to the server during the first time interval according to new time interval T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

5. A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer readable program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute a method which causes a computer to function as a server, the server being communicably linked to a device through a network, and which controls reconnection of the device to the server, the method comprising:

designating a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server, and designating a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval; and

transmitting information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the server is being connected to the device, and transmitting information corresponding to the designated second time interval to the device along with the information corresponding to the designated first time interval while the server is being connected to the device, wherein

when a connection error between the server and the device occurs, the device periodically reconnects to the server during the first time interval according to new time interval T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

6. A device communicably linked to a server through a network, comprising:

reception means for receiving information corresponding to a first time interval (T1) during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server from the server while the device is being connected to the server, and for receiving information corresponding to a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval;

a memory configured to store the information corresponding to the received first time interval;

determination means for determining a predetermined time period using a random number; and

reconnection execution means for repeatedly reconnecting the device to the server at the predetermined time period within the first time interval, wherein

the predetermined time period is T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

7. The device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the memory pre-stores predetermined information corresponding to the first time interval before the device receives the information corresponding to the first time interval from the server for the first time.

8. The device as set forth in claim 6, wherein,

the reception means receives information corresponding to a second time interval when the device connects the server for the first time,

the memory stores the information corresponding to the received second time interval along with the information corresponding to the received first time interval, and

the reconnection execution means reconnects the device to the server for the first time based on the information corresponding to the stored second time interval.

9. A reconnection method of a device communicably linked to a server through a network, comprising:

receiving information corresponding to a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server from the server while the device is being connected to the server, and receiving information corresponding to a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval;

storing information corresponding to the received first time interval;

determining a predetermined time period using a random number; and

repeatedly reconnecting the device to the server at the predetermined time period within the first time interval, wherein

the predetermined time period is T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

10. A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer readable program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute a method which causes a computer to function as a device communicably linked to a server through a network and which is reconnected to the server, the method comprising:

receiving information corresponding to a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server from the server while the device is being connected to the server, and receiving information corresponding to a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval;

storing the information corresponding to the received first time interval;

determining a predetermined time period using a random number; and

repeatedly reconnecting the device to the server at the predetermined time period within the first time interval, wherein

the predetermined time period is T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

11. A server communicably linked to a device through a network, comprising:

a designation section which designates a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server, and which designates a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval are determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval; and

a transmission section which transmits information corresponding to the designated first time interval to the device while the server is being connected to the device, and which transmits information corresponding to the designated second time interval to the device along with the information corresponding to the designated first time interval while the server is being connected to the device, wherein

when a connection error between the server and the device occurs, the device periodically reconnects to the server during the first time interval according to new time interval T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.

12. A device communicably linked to a server through a network, comprising:

a reception section which receives information corresponding to a first time interval during which the device repeatedly reconnects the server from the server while the device is being connected to the server, and which receives information corresponding to a second time interval during which the device connects to the server for the first time, the first time interval and the second time interval being determined based on a number of times of a connection error between the server and the device, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval;

a storage section which stores the information corresponding to the received first time interval;

determination means for determining a predetermined time period using a random number; and

a reconnection execution section which repeatedly reconnects the device to the server at the predetermined time period within the first time interval, wherein

the predetermined time period is T1−

tr1+tr2, where T1 is the first time interval, tr1 is a random number assigned to the second time interval, and tr2 is a random number assigned to the first time interval.