Patent ID: 8594725
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal device comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly in a first communication mode in which the mobile terminal device communicates with a further mobile terminal device directly, and a second communication mode in which the mobile terminal device communicates with an external network via a router device; and a communication control unit configured to control the communication unit to switch between the first and second communication modes, wherein: when one of first communication mode and the second communication mode is initiated upon an explicit direction from a user and when the communication control unit terminates the one of the first and second communication modes and causes the communication unit to switch to the other of the first and second communication modes, the communication control unit notifies the user, the first communication mode includes: (i) a first connection mode initiated by user direction and adapted to connect to the further mobile terminal device directly; and (ii) a second connection mode adapted to connect to the further mobile terminal device in a background using software executed in the mobile terminal device, the second communication mode includes: (i) a first connection mode initiated by user direction and adapted to connect to the external network via the router device; and (ii) a second connection mode adapted to connect to the external network in the background using software executed in the mobile terminal device, and the communication control unit notifies the user that the second communication mode is terminated when the first connection mode of the second communication mode is switched to the first connection mode of the first communication mode, and does not notify the user that the second communication mode is terminated when the second connection mode of the second communication mode is switched to the first communication mode.