Data transmission method, transmission-source information processing apparatus, data transmission system, and data transmission program

摘要

A data transmission method for transmitting data from a transmission-source information processing apparatus to a plurality of information processing apparatuses, includes: selecting an information processing apparatus from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses functioning as a relay information processing apparatus relay-transmitting data to another information processing apparatus, in accordance with the number of information processing apparatuses; transmitting the data to the relay information processing apparatus; and relay-transmitting the data received from the transmission-source information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus.

主权项

1. A data transmission method for transmitting data from a transmission-source information processing apparatus to a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the data transmission method comprising:
selecting, by the transmission-source information processing apparatus, one or more information processing apparatuses from among the plurality of information processing apparatuses to function as a relay information processing apparatus which relay-transmits data to another information processing apparatus, based on a number of the one or more information processing apparatuses determined by estimating time to transmit data from the transmission-source information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus through the selected one or more information processing apparatuses; causing, by the transmission-source information processing apparatus, the selected one or more information processing apparatuses to function as the relay information processing apparatus; transmitting the data to the selected one or more information processing apparatuses; and relay-transmitting the data received from the transmission-source information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus, wherein the number of the one or more information processing apparatuses is determined by comparing a first period of time and a second period of time, the first period of time being a period to transmit data from the transmission-source information processing apparatus to the one or more information processing apparatuses, and the second period of time being a period to transmit the data from the one or more information processing apparatuses to the another information processing apparatus.