Patent ID: 8792827

Claim:
A short range wireless communication apparatus comprising: a connection device that connects with a communication-party apparatus via a short range wireless communication line according to a data communication protocol for defining data communication, wherein the communication-party apparatus switches to a normal mode from a power-saving mode under a condition that the communication-party apparatus receives a power-saving mode release signal from the short range wireless communication apparatus while the communication-party apparatus operates in the power-saving mode; a transmission device that transmits the power-saving mode release signal to the communication-party apparatus; and a control device that controls the transmission device to transmit the power-saving mode release signal to the communication-party apparatus when the control device determines that the connection device connects with the communication-party apparatus according to the data communication protocol, wherein the control device controls the transmission device to repeatedly transmit the power-saving mode release signal to the communication-party apparatus at a predetermined cycle when the control device determines that the connection device connects with the communication-party apparatus according to the data communication protocol.