Information processing apparatus, conference system, and computer program products

摘要

An information processing apparatus which controls transmission and reception of information is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit which transmits and receives, as the information, at least one of voice information, video information, and screen information; a necessity identifying information defining unit which allocates necessity identifying information for detecting a state of the information processing apparatus and identifying presence/absence of a necessity of transmitting and receiving the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the detected result; and a bandwidth control unit which determines a bandwidth to be allocated to each of the voice information, the video information, and the screen information to be transmitted and received, based on the necessity identifying information. The transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the determined bandwidth.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus which controls transmission and reception of information, comprising:
a transmitting and receiving unit which transmits and receives, as the information, at least one of voice information of voice input, video information of video imaged, and screen information of a screen to be shared; a necessity identifying information defining unit which allocates necessity identifying information for detecting a state of the information processing apparatus and identifying presence/absence of a necessity of transmitting and receiving the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the detected state; and a bandwidth control unit which determines a bandwidth to be allocated to each of the voice information, the video information, and the screen information to be transmitted and received, based on the necessity identifying information, wherein the transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives the voice information, the video information, and the screen information in accordance with the determined bandwidth, wherein the necessity identifying information defining unit detects whether the voice information has been received within a certain time period, and, if the voice information has not been received, the necessity identifying information which indicates that it is not necessary to receive is allocated to the voice information to be received, and wherein the bandwidth control unit determines that the bandwidth is not to be secured for the voice information to be received.