INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION UPON INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

摘要

In nodes (141-142) disposed between terminal devices (105-110 and a processing server (101), in response to the problem wherein a central portion of a network gets congested when data from a variety of apparatuses, such as sensors or control devices, is passed as is over the network, determinations are made as to whether the nodes will process packets being sent from the terminal devices to the processing server. If it is determined that the nodes will process the packets, it will be possible for the nodes to minimize load on the central portion of the network by carrying out the processing in place of the processing server.