Patent ID: 8792926

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a communication portion configured to communicate with a server apparatus and another information processing apparatus over a network; and a control portion configured to control said communication portion to: broadcast a first message comprising first identification information identifying said information processing apparatus, receive a second message comprising second identification information, wherein said second message broadcast by said other information processing apparatus and said second message identifies said other information processing apparatus, transmit to said server apparatus a third message, based on said received second message, wherein said third message comprises said first identification information and said second identification information and requests creation of a group between said information processing apparatus and said other information processing apparatus, wherein said group enables data to be exchanged between said information processing apparatus and said other information processing apparatus, transmit to said other information processing apparatus a fourth message requesting participation in said group, and receive notification information transmitted from said server apparatus in response to said transmitted fourth message, wherein said notification information notifies creation of said group in response to a fifth message which is transmitted from said other information processing apparatus to said server apparatus.