Patent ID: 8315566

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a terminal device on a network; a first wireless communication device on the network; and a second wireless communication device on the network, wherein the first wireless communication device including: a first wireless unit to perform wireless communication with one of the terminal device and the second wireless communication device; a second wireless unit to perform short-range wireless communication with the second wireless communication device; and a first control unit to send first disconnection information for disconnecting the second wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device via the first wireless unit, and to disconnect the second wireless communication device from the first wireless unit when communication with the second wireless communication device is handed over from the short-range wireless communication performed by the second wireless unit to the wireless communication performed by the first wireless unit and prescribed processing to the second wireless communication device is completed, and wherein the second wireless communication device including: a third wireless unit to perform wireless communication with one of the terminal device and the first wireless communication device; a fourth wireless unit to perform short-range wireless communication with the first wireless communication device; a storage unit to store connection information for connecting with the terminal device; and a second control unit to allow the fourth wireless unit to hand over communication with the first wireless communication device to the third wireless unit after allowing the storage unit to store the connection information for connecting with the terminal device with which the third wireless unit is connected when the communication with the first wireless communication device is handed over from the short-range wireless communication performed by the fourth wireless unit to the wireless communication performed by the third wireless unit and the third wireless unit is connected with the terminal device, and to disconnect the first wireless communication device from the third wireless unit and connect the third wireless unit with the terminal device based on the connection information stored in the storage unit when the third wireless unit receives the first disconnection information while performing the communication with the first wireless communication device by the wireless LAN communication.