Patent ID: 9009485
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer; and a controller configured to restrict devices which are connectable to the communication device by using a connection permission list indicative of identifiers of one or more devices which are permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an identifier of an external device in close proximity to the communication device is on the connection permission list, the identifier being wirelessly transmitted from the external device to the communication device, wherein the controller is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication device and the external device if the identifier of the external device is on the connection permission list, and wherein the controller is configured to display a password entry screen prompting a user of the electronic apparatus to confirm whether the external device is to be registered as a device which is permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device if the identifier is not on the connection permission list, and if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the controller is configured to add the identifier to the connection permission list to register the external device as the device which is permitted to establish a connection for close proximity wireless transfer with the communication device.