Patent ID: 9585089
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A controller comprising: circuitry configured to selectively communicate with an electronic apparatus through a first communication system or a second communication system; acquire system priority information from the electronic apparatus by communicating with the electronic apparatus through the first communication system, the electronic apparatus being capable of executing a plurality of functions, each of the plurality of functions corresponding to one or both of the first communication system and the second communication system; select one of the first communication system and the second communication system, based on the system priority information; receive instruction information instructing a function of the plurality of functions to be executed by the electronic apparatus; determine, based on the received instruction information, the function instructed by the instruction information is a first function corresponding to the first communication system, the first function being executable only in the first communication system, a second function corresponding to the second communication system, the second function being executable only in the second communication system, or a third function corresponding to both of the first communication system and the second communication system, the third function being executable in both of the first communication system and the second communication system; select the first communication system when the circuitry determines the first function is instructed by the instruction information; select the second communication system when the circuitry determines the second function is instructed by the instruction information; select one of the first communication system and the second communication system based on the system priority information when the circuitry determines the third function is instructed by the instruction information, the system priority information indicating which of the first communication system or the second communication system to use in communicating with the electronic apparatus when the third function executable in both of the first communication system and the second communication system is instructed by the instruction information; communicate with the electronic apparatus through the selected communication system to control the electronic apparatus to execute the function instructed by the instruction information; and control a display to display a first icon corresponding to the first function, a second icon corresponding to the second function, and a third icon corresponding to the third function, in one screen.