Patent ID: 7742786

Claim:
A wireless network system in which wireless connection to a wireless network, which has been formed by an access point, from a wireless communication apparatus is permitted by the access point in a case where parameters including a network identifier of the wireless network are set to the wireless communication apparatus and identification information of the wireless communication apparatus is registered in the access point, wherein a first wireless communication apparatus comprises: a unit that transmits the parameters to a second wireless communication apparatus using a communication method different from the wireless connection and sets the parameters within the second wireless connection and sets the parameters within the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein as to the wireless connection to the wireless network, the first wireless communication apparatus has already been permitted and the second wireless communication apparatus is not yet permitted; a unit that acquires identification information of the second wireless communication apparatus using the communication method when the parameters are set; and a unit that transmits the acquired identification information to the access point by the wireless communication, according to the acquisition of the identification information, and wherein the access point comprises a unit that manages the second wireless communication apparatus as an apparatus in which the wireless connection to the wireless network is permitted, by registering the identification information transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus.