Patent ID: 6930987

Claim:
A communication device comprising: wired communication means for providing/receiving data via physical connection means to/from a mounted host equipment; short distance radio communication means for transmitting/receiving data to/from an external communication network via a short distance radio communication network; storage means in which communication setting information as information related to the communication network, and at least protocols of an upper protocol layer and protocols of a lower protocol layer are stored; and communication control means for setting a connection relation with the communication network via the short distance radio communication network using the protocols of the lower protocol layer based upon the communication setting information stored in the storage means, and controlling transmission/reception of data between the communication network and the host equipment using at least one protocol of the upper protocol layer, wherein the lower protocol layer includes protocols for communication in the short distance radio communication network; and the upper protocol layer includes at least one protocol of point to point (PPP), Internet protocol (IP), and transport control protocol (TCP) for communication with the external communication network.