Mediation server, control method therefor, communication device, control method therefor, communication system, and computer program

摘要

A mediation server which is able to communicate with a plurality of account managing servers (104) and mediates requests for issuing subscription information transmitted from a plurality of communication devices between each communication device and any one of the plurality of account managing servers (104), the mediation server comprising, a selection unit configured to select the account managing server to which the request is to be transmitted based on information regarding a current operational status of each account managing server stored in a database, when the request is received from the communication device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the request for issuing the subscription information to the selected account managing server.

主权项

1. A mediation server, comprising:
a receiver for receiving a request, transmitted by a communication device, for issuing a downloadable subscriber identity module (SIM) to the communication device; a selection unit configured to select from a set of two or more account managing servers an account managing server to which the request from the communication device for the downloadable SIM is to be transmitted based on information stored in a database regarding a current operational status of each account managing server included in said set, wherein the selection unit is configured to perform the selection in response to the mediation server receiving the request for issuing the downloadable SIM transmitted by the communication device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the request for issuing the downloadable SIM to the selected account managing server.