Patent ID: 7831716

Claim:
A server providing a plurality of types of content to another device, the server comprising: a control device configured to function as a controller that establishes and controls a wireless network; a controlled device configured to function as a controlled component in a wireless network established and controlled by another controller; and a selection device configured to selectively execute an operation of the server as a controller via the control device or an operation of the server as a controlled component via the controlled device in response to a type of a request from the another device, wherein the request requests the server to provide at least one of the plurality of types of content, and an operational status of the control device or the controlled device, wherein the control device includes a changing device configured to change control conditions for controlling a communication channel upon providing at least one of the plurality of types of content to the another device in response to types and numbers of at least one of the plurality of types of content to be provided and at least one of the plurality of types of content being provided.