Patent ID: 8451801
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A first wireless device configured to communicate with a second wireless device that exists outside a wireless communication range by relaying communication via a third wireless device, the first wireless device comprising: communication control means configured to compute a number of communication links through which a signal transmitted from the second wireless device travels until received by the first device; an information holding means configured to associate the number of links with information relating to the second wireless device and further configured to hold the number of links and associated information; display control means configured to control display of the information relating to the second wireless device and the associated number of links by varying a display size of a graphic relating to the second wireless device, wherein the display size is varied according to the number of links so that a smaller number of links corresponds to a greater display size; and display means configured to display, on the first wireless device, the information relating to the second wireless device and the associated number of links.