Patent ID: 8422471

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another information processing apparatus which is utilizable as a wireless base station and with an access point, wherein, when communicating with the another information processing apparatus, a plurality of first identification signals repeated with a second transmission period are used, and when communicating with the access point, a plurality of second identification signals repeated with a first transmission period which is different from the second transmission period are used; a first search unit configured to: use the wireless communication unit to sequentially transmit the plurality of first identification signals each having different center frequencies within a frequency band usable by the wireless communication unit, as an activation request signal for requesting activation of a wireless communication unit included in the another information processing apparatus; repeatedly transmit the first identification signals in the frequency band; and search for the another information processing apparatus which transmits a response to the first identification signals; and a connection unit configured to use the wireless communication unit to establish connection with the another information processing apparatus which is searched for by the first search unit.