Patent ID: 8249504

Claim:
A communication control method for a pairing process for communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, comprising: a first notification step of notifying, from the first communication device, the second communication device of authentication information through a direct communication path between the first communication device and the second communication device established by using another communication unit other than the wireless communication unit; an establishing step of establishing a wireless network for sharing the network identifier, encryption method and authentication method between the first communication device and the second communication device by using said wireless communication unit; an authentication step of performing the authentication process between the first communication device and the second communication device based on the authentication information, through the wireless network established in the establishing step; a sharing step of sharing a communication parameter between the first communication device and the second communication device through the wireless network when authentication is successful in the authentication step; and a setting step of setting the communication parameter shared in the sharing step for wireless data communication, wherein the first communication device starts a first timer when the connection between the first communication device and the second communication device is established by using the another communication unit in said first notification step, the second communication device starts a second timer when the second communication device receives the authentication information by using the another communication unit in said first notification step, the first communication device terminates the pairing process in response to time up of the first timer, and the second communication device terminates the pairing process in response to time up of the second timer.