Patent ID: 9398400
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A subject communication device communicable with different communication devices, comprising: a connection establishment section establishing a wireless connection with the different communication devices; an entry detection section detecting that the different communication devices enter into a communication area; and a communication determination section determining whether the wireless connection with a first communication device, which is one of the different communication devices, has not been established at a time when the entry detection section detects that a second communication device, which is another one of the different communication devices, enters into the communication area, or whether a communication of a predetermined content is being performed with the first communication device having the established wireless communication at the time when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area, wherein: the connection establishment section preferentially establishes the wireless connection with the detected second communication device when the communication determination section determines that, at the time when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area, the wireless connection with the first communication device has not been established or the communication of the predetermined content is not being performed with the first communication device; when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area, the communication determination section determines whether the communication of the predetermined content between the subject communication device and the first communication device is being performed at the time when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area; when the communication determination section determines that the communication of the predetermined content between the subject communication device and the first communication device is not being performed at the time when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area, the connection establishment section preferentially establishes the wireless connection with the second communication device; and when the communication determination section determines that the communication of the predetermined content between the subject communication device and the first communication device is being performed at the time when the entry detection section detects that the second communication device enters into the communication area, the connection establishment section gives priority to the communication between the subject communication device and the first communication device over establishing the wireless connection with the second communication device.