PROTOCOL AUTOMATIC SELECTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect by automatically selecting a protocol without setting connection information by a user conscious of the kind of a protocol to be used in a network environment or for an application of a connection destination. SOLUTION: A protocol automatic selection device is provided with a protocol information storage 17 which previously stores protocol information for each protocol to be used for a connection with the application; a protocol control unit 14 which, when a request for connecting to the application is received, reads out the pieces of protocol information sequentially from the protocol information storage 17, and directs a connection using the protocol information until the connection to the application of the connection destination is made successfully, or a connection by a protocol using every piece of the protocol information stored in the protocol information storage 17 results in failure; and a communication control part 18 which requests a connection with the application of the connection destination by a protocol using protocol information designated from the protocol control part 14. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI