Patent ID: 8326345
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A network system for managing a plurality of local area wireless networks including wireless communication devices, the network system comprising: a plurality of wireless communication devices that includes a plurality of projectors and a predetermined wireless communication device; a plurality of local area wireless networks each including: a predetermined local area network connecting the access points of the plurality of local area wireless networks to each other via a wired connection; at least one identifier storage section provided to each of the access points, each of the identifier storage sections configured to store an identifier identifying the local area wireless network that includes the access point to which the identifier storage section is provided; an inquiry request issuance section provided to the predetermined wireless communication device, the inquiry request issuance section configured to issue an inquiry request for information to the plurality of projectors, each of the plurality of projectors configured to receive the inquiry request; at least one inquiry response section provided to each of the plurality of projectors, each of the inquiry response sections configured to issue an inquiry response that includes transmitting the identifier of the local area wireless network that includes the projector, to which the inquiry response section is provided, to the predetermined wireless communication device; a reception/storage control section provided to the predetermined wireless communication device, the reception/storage control section configured to receive the identifiers transmitted from the inquiry response sections and store the identifiers in a connection device information storing memory, wherein each of the identifiers is stored in the connection device information storing memory in correspondence with the projector that transmitted the identifier; and a first adjacent device detection section provided to the predetermined wireless communication device, the first adjacent device detection section being configured to search, out of the identifiers stored in the connection device information storing memory, for the identifier that is identical to the identifier of the local area wireless network that includes the predetermined wireless communication device, wherein: the predetermined wireless communication device is configured to send image data to the adjacent projector, the image data corresponding to images to be projected by the adjacent projector.