Patent ID: 8634775

Claim:
A pairing apparatus comprising: a request receiving unit configured to receive a pairing start request from a first terminal and a second terminal; a transmitting unit configured to transmit one piece of identifier data, which is used for displaying identifiers on displays of said first terminal and said second terminal, to said first terminal and transmit one or more pieces of the identifier data including said one piece of the identifier data transmitted to said first terminal to said second terminal in response to said pairing start request; a receiving unit configured to receive a selected identifier, which is one identifier selected from one or more identifiers transmitted to said second terminal, from said second terminal; a holding unit configured to hold said selected identifier received from said second terminal by said receiving unit in association with information for identifying the second terminal; and a pairing unit configured to determine whether or not said selected identifier held by said holding unit is identical to a first terminal identifier which is said one identifier transmitted to said first terminal, and when the determination result is yes, pair said first terminal having transmitted the first terminal identifier and said second terminal associated with the selected identifier.