INFORMATION TRANSFER APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSFER METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH INFORMATION TRANSFER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transfer information in a short time in a high load state and to transfer information with high quality in a low load state. SOLUTION: A communication load measuring means 21 measures the communication load of a computer network 13 and stores the measurement result in a communication load database 22 as communication load information. When an information search client requests information, a communication load calculating means 23 extracts communication load information in the past closest to the point in time of the information request from the communication load database 22 and calculates a transferable information quantity in accordance with the communication load information. When information scheduled to be transferred is greater than the transferrable information quantity, a transfer information creating means 12b creates transfer information by reducing an information quantity corresponding to the communication load from the information scheduled to be transferred. When the information scheduled to be transferred is smaller than the transferrable information quantity, the transfer information creating means 12b creates the transfer information by adding an information quantity corresponding to the communication load to the information scheduled to be transferred. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO