Patent ID: 7903646

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: a wireless access point device; and a host device, the wireless access point device comprising: a first notification device configured to notify the host device of a connection request upon reception of the connection request from a wireless communication device; a publicizing device configured to add group identification information to a beacon signal different from a response signal of the connection request, in response to an instruction to start an entry processing issued from the host device; and a hiding device configured to hide the group identification information by hiding the group identification information in the beacon signal in response to an instruction to end the entry processing issued from the host device, the host device comprising: a judgment device configured to make a judgment as to whether or not to grant a connection permission to the wireless communication device that has issued the connection request upon reception of the connection request from the wireless access point device; a start instructing device configured to instruct the wireless access point device to start the entry processing according to the judgment made by the judgment device; and an end instructing device configured to instruct the wireless access point device to end the entry processing according to an entry completion notification of the wireless communication device issued from the wireless access point device.