Patent ID: 8565679

Claim:
A communication system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each information processing apparatus comprising: a first communicator for performing short-range wireless communication with another information processing apparatus among the plurality of information processing apparatuses; a receiver for receiving, by using the first communicator, other-apparatus identification information which is identification information of the other information processing apparatus, from the other information processing apparatus; a communication status detector for detecting, by using the first communicator, a communication status of the short-range wireless communication with the other information processing apparatus; a registration/non-registration determination unit for determining, based on a result of the detection by the communication status detector, whether or not to register the other information processing apparatus which is associated with the other-apparatus identification information received by the receiver; and a first registration unit for registering the other information processing apparatus when the registration/non-registration determination unit has determined to register the other information processing apparatus, each information processing apparatus performing communication with the other information processing apparatus based on the registration by the first registration unit.