CLIENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To continue the reception of data even when data can not be transferred in a communication network in which data are transferred between a plurality of client devices.

SOLUTION: The client device for receiving data transferred from one client device is provided with: a connection candidate storage means for storing information related with a plurality of client devices as candidates for transferring data to the client device; an event occurrent detection means for detecting the occurrence of a prescribed event related with one client device; an access point selection means for, when the occurrence of the prescribed event is detected by the event occurrence detection means, selecting one candidate of the information stored by the connection candidate storage means; and a data transfer requesting means for requesting the candidate selected by the access point selection means to transfer the data to the client device.

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