Communication management system, communication management method, and computer program product
A communication management system manages communication terminals transmitting and receiving communication data. The system includes a session management unit configured to manage session identifying information and terminal identifying information in an associated manner, the session identifying information being used to identify a communication session being performed among a plurality of communication terminals and the terminal identifying information being used to identify each of the communication terminals; a receiving unit configured to receive, from a conversion system, terminal identifying information about a communication terminal that is being in communication, the conversion system mutually converting a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from one communication terminal and a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from another communication terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the conversion system, session identifying information that is associated with the received terminal identifying information in the session management unit.
1. A communication management system that manages communication terminals transmitting or receiving communication data, the communication management system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to manage session identification information for identifying a session used for transmitting or receiving communication data and manage identification information of a plurality of first communication terminals each configured to transmit communication data based on a first communication method so that the session identification information and the identification information of the plurality of first communication terminals are associated with each other, the session is being established among the plurality of first communication terminals through a relaying apparatus;
a receiver configured to receive, from a conversion system, identification information of a first communication terminal from the plurality of first communication terminals that has been transmitted from a second communication terminal, without receiving any session identification information from the second communication terminal, the second communication terminal being configured to transmit communication data based on a second communication method different from the first communication method, the conversion system being configured to mutually convert the first communication method and the second communication method; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the conversion system, session identification information obtained based on the received identification information of the first communication terminal when the received identification information of the first communication terminal is associated with the session identification information managed by the processing circuitry, so that the second communication terminal joins the session being established and identified by the obtained session identification information through the relaying apparatus and the conversion system.
2. The communication management system according to claim 1 , wherein a communication scheme used by the first communication terminal is different from a communication scheme used by the second communication terminal regarding at least one of a call control scheme to connect or disconnect to a destination of the communication and a coding scheme to convert the communication data to an Internet protocol (IP) packet.
3. A communication management method that is performed by a communication management system that manages communication terminals transmitting or receiving communication data and that includes a processing circuitry configured to manage session identification information for identifying a session used for transmitting or receiving communication data and manage identification information of a plurality of first communication terminals each configured to transmit communication data based on a first communication method so that the session identification information and the identification information of the plurality of first communication terminals are associated with each other, the session is being established among the plurality of first communication terminals through a relaying apparatus, the communication management method comprising:
receiving, from a conversion system, identification information of a first communication terminal from the plurality of first communication terminals that has been transmitted from a second communication terminal, without receiving any session identification information from the second communication terminal, the second communication terminal being configured to transmit communication data based on a second communication method different from the first communication method, the conversion system being configured to mutually convert the first communication method and the second communication method; and
transmitting, to the conversion system, session identification information obtained based on the received identification information of the first communication terminal when the received identification information of the first communication terminal is associated with the session identification information managed by the processing circuitry, so that the second communication terminal joins the session being established and identified by the obtained session identification information through the relaying apparatus and the conversion system.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that contains a computer program that, when executed by a communication management system that manages communication terminals transmitting or receiving communication data and that includes processing circuitry configured to manage session identification information for identifying a session used for transmitting or receiving communication data and manage identification information of a plurality of first communication terminals each configured to transmit communication data based on a first communication method so that the session identification information and the identification information of the plurality of first communication terminals are associated with each other, the session is being established among the plurality of first communication terminals through a relaying apparatus, causes the communication management system to perform a method comprising:
receiving, from a conversion system, identification information of a first communication terminal from the plurality of first communication terminals that has been transmitted from a second communication terminal, without receiving any session identification information from the second communication terminal, the second communication terminal being configured to transmit communication data based on a second communication method different from the first communication method, the conversion system being configured to mutually convert the first communication method and the second communication method; and
transmitting, to the conversion system, session identification information obtained based on the received identification information of the first communication terminal when the received identification information of the first communication terminal is associated with the session identification information managed by the processing circuitry, so that the second communication terminal joins the session being established and identified by the obtained session identification information through the relaying apparatus and the conversion system.