Patent ID: 8289930

Claim:
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a communication part capable of acquiring a plurality of communication systems and capable of communication by a predetermined communication protocol; and a control part which controls communication by the communication part by any of the plurality of communication systems using the predetermined communication protocol when a send operation is instructed, wherein the control part sends the communication part an acquisition instruction instructing the acquisition processing until success in a predetermined sequence by the predetermined communication protocol by any of the plurality of communication systems when receiving an instruction of a send operation in a state judged â€œout-of-service-areaâ€, sends the acquisition instruction again to the communication part when a predetermined time has passed before acquisition success is informed for the acquisition instruction, performs processing for starting communication by a successfully acquired communication system when an acquisition success is informed for the acquisition instruction, and controls the system so as to perform the acquisition processing from a communication system next to a communication system last failing in acquisition in a previous acquisition processing in the predetermined sequence when receiving a new acquisition instruction during execution of the acquisition processing.