Patent ID: 7724712
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication control method for controlling communication between a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus, the first wireless communication apparatus being configured to communicate wirelessly in a first communication mode in which communication is performed via a base station and a second communication mode in which communication is performed with the second wireless communication apparatus directly, and the second wireless communication apparatus being configured to communicate wirelessly in the second communication mode, the method comprising: a connecting step of establishing a connection between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus in the second communication mode in response to a search signal from the second wireless communication apparatus received by the first wireless communication apparatus during communication by the first wireless communication apparatus in the first communication mode, the signal giving notification of the existence of the second wireless communication apparatus; a determining step of determining, by one of the first or second wireless communication apparatus, whether the other of the first or second wireless communication apparatus possesses a desired function through the connection in the second communication mode established in the connecting step; a data communicating step of communicating data between the second wireless communication apparatus and the first wireless communication apparatus in the second communication mode when it is determined that the other of the first or second wireless communication apparatus possesses the desired function at the determining step; and a switching step of switching, by the first wireless communication apparatus, the communication mode of the first wireless communication apparatus to the first communication mode when it is determined that the other of the first or second wireless communication apparatus does not possess the desired function.