摘要 |
A host management apparatus (HMS) placed on a network to which the hosts of an electronic conference system are connected. The host information containing the IP address information on a site authenticated by a host authentication section for authenticating a selected host is acquired through a communication control section and is stored in a storage section by a host information management section, whereby the host information is registered in the host management apparatus. Therefore, problems of a complicated procedure, the incapability of flexibly increasing or decreasing the number of conference sites (hosts), apprehension that security cannot be ensured, etc., in an electronic conference system are solved.
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