A communication method in an information processing system including a group of first information processing apparatuses that transmit data and a group of second information processing apparatuses that receive the data is disclosed. The communication method includes storing data subject to being transmitted to one of the second information processing apparatuses in a data storage by associating the data with identifier information of the second information processing apparatus, and performing transmission processing to transmit the stored data to the second information processing apparatus in response to reception of a first token generated by the second information processing apparatus serving as a generating source of the first token, the first tokens indicating a transmission right to transmit the data to the second information processing apparatus and being transferred between the group of the first information processing apparatuses and between the group of the second information processing apparatuses.