Patent ID: 8731473

Claim:
A short range wireless communication apparatus comprising: a connection device that is capable of concurrently connecting a plurality of communication protocols with a communication-party connection device through a short range wireless communication link; and a control device that controls connection and disconnection of each of the plurality of communication protocols, wherein: when a connection request for a different communication protocol occurs under a state where multiple communication protocols of the plurality of communication protocols are concurrently connected between the connection device and the communication-party connection device, the different communication protocol being included in the plurality of communication protocols but not included in the multiple communication protocols, the control device performs a connection of the different communication protocol between the connection device and the communication-party connection device; and when it is determined that the connection of the different communication protocol between the connection device and the communication-party connection device resulted in a failure, the control device selects as a disconnection target at least one of the multiple communication protocols being concurrently connected, performs a disconnection of the disconnection target, and performs a re-connection of the different communication protocol, the connection of which resulted in the failure, between the connection device and the communication-party connection device.