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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Motohisa Araki, Akishima, JP;
Kenichi Kitazawa, Hino, JP;
Motohisa Araki, Akishima, JP;
Kenichi Kitazawa, Hino, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a first terminal to be connected to a first communication network, assigned a terminal ID and driven by power supplied from a battery, a server apparatus to be connected to a second communication network differing from the first network, to periodically confirm presences of the first terminal and a second terminal to be connected to the second communication network, and to communication-connect between the first and the second terminals in the case of presences thereof, and a controller which makes the server apparatus monitor that the first terminal is present on the first communication network by a second period longer than a first period monitoring that the second terminal is present on the second communication network.