Patent ID: 7853207

Claim:
An electronic device with a short-range wireless communication function, comprising: a communication unit to transmit or receive a short-range wireless signal to or from devices having a short-range wireless communication function; a registration unit to impart priorities to the devices and to register a prioritization list listing device information of the devices sorted by the priorities; and a control unit to capture thereinto at least one of remaining battery power amounts of the devices, communication information representing communication statuses of the devices, received signal levels of the devices from a base station, and a signal level of the short-range wireless signal received by the communication unit, as dynamic information, to select one or more devices from the devices based on the priorities of the devices and the dynamic information, and to connect the communication unit with the selected one or more devices, wherein said one or more devices are selected out of the devices with higher priorities based on the priorities of the devices, and when said devices are selected out of some of the devices with the same priority, the selection is performed based on the dynamic information.