Apparatus, system, and method of managing counterpart terminal information and recording medium

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method of managing candidate counterpart terminal information, each of which determines, in response to a request for adding a candidate counterpart terminal to a candidate list of a request sender terminal, whether attribute information stored in association with the request sender terminal matches attribute information stored in association with the candidate counterpart terminal to be added, and stores counterpart terminal identification information that identifies the candidate counterpart terminal in association with terminal identification information of the request sender terminal to update the candidate list of the specific request sender terminal when a determination result indicates that the attribute information match.

主权项

1. A counterpart terminal management apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to
store, for each one of a plurality of terminals, attribute information relating to an attribute of the terminal in association with terminal identification information that identifies the terminal; andstore, for each request sender terminal of the plurality of terminals, a candidate list of one or more candidate counterpart terminals of the plurality of terminals that the request sender terminal is capable of communicating with; a receiver configured to receive a request for adding a specific candidate counterpart terminal of the plurality of terminals to the candidate list of a specific request sender terminal of the plurality of terminals; and processing circuitry configured to
determine whether first attribute information stored in association with the specific request sender terminal matches second attribute information stored in association with the specific candidate counterpart terminal;control the memory to, when a determination result indicates that the first and second attribute information match, store counterpart terminal identification information that identifies the specific candidate counterpart terminal in association with terminal identification information of the specific request sender terminal to update the candidate list of the specific request sender terminal; andwhen the determination result indicates that the first and second attribute information do not match;
control the memory to register an approval request to add the specific candidate counterpart terminal to the candidate list of the specific request sender terminal;determine whether an approval to add the specific candidate counterpart terminal to the candidate list of the specific request sender terminal is received at the receiver; andupdate, when the approval is received at the receiver, the candidate list of the specific request sender terminal to further include the specific candidate counterpart terminal.