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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Hiroaki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Hibino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Kiyohara, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Iijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Hibino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Kiyohara, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Iijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Xing Inc., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A node device which participates in an overlay network formed by participation of all or part of a plurality of node devices which are connected to each other via a communication device. The node device includes a search information transmission device, a reply information receiving device, a communication load information device, a communication load comparison device, a node selection device and a participation request information transmission device. The search information transmission device transmits search information to search a node device transmitted to an information processing device connected to the communication device. The receiving device receives information replied from the plurality of node devices. The comparison device compares information regarding communication load in each of the communication routes. The selection device selects a node device on the basis of comparison result by the comparison device. The participation request information transmission device transmits the participation request information to the selected node device.