Patent ID: 7895368

Claim:
Wireless communication equipment which performs association through wireless communication with peripheral equipment present in a prescribed range, comprising: a storage unit configured to store identification code information which identifies the peripheral equipment as regards already associated peripheral equipment; an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification code information which identifies the associated peripheral equipment from the peripheral equipment present in the prescribed range; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the peripheral equipment has been associated on the basis of identification code information stored in the storage unit; an association unit configured to associate the identification code information acquired by the acquisition unit with a prescribed image and to store the identification code information and the prescribed image, when it is determined that the peripheral equipment has not been associated by the determination unit; a display unit configured to display the prescribed image information which is associated with the identification code information acquired by the acquisition unit and is stored in the storage unit, when it is determined that the peripheral equipment has been associated by the determination unit; a selection unit configured to select image displayed by the display unit; and a connection processing unit configured to perform processing which connects the wireless communication equipment to the peripheral equipment corresponding to the identification code information associated with the image selected by the selection unit.