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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Soneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Umehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Soneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Umehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to receive a request from a first communications terminal from among a plurality of communications terminals to select one or more relay apparatuses that relay content data transmitted and received between the first communications terminal and a second communications terminal from among the communications terminals; select one or more relay apparatuses included in one or more networks usable by the first communications terminal and the second communications terminal in response to the received request; and transmit identification information of the selected one or more relay apparatuses to the first communications terminal.