Patent ID: 9544712
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication device performing a communication with a communication device wirelessly, comprising: an opposite side device communication information acquisition unit that acquires opposite side device communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the opposite side device communication information indicating a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication; a communication information acquisition unit that acquires communication information, which indicates a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication; a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information according to predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path; and a communication unit that performs a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths.