Patent ID: 8731520

Claim:
A communication terminal, comprising at least: a storage unit; a control unit; and a communication unit, wherein the storage unit stores first information including: first identification information corresponding to a first communication terminal; and first associated information associated with the first identification information, wherein the communication unit includes: a first communication unit that performs communication by way of a first communication method for communicating with communication terminals without a communication network; and a second communication unit that performs communication by way of a second communication method for communicating with the communication terminals via the communication network, wherein, in a case in which the first information is selected to be transmitted by way of the first communication method to a second communication terminal different from the first communication terminal, the control unit transmits a request for transmission permission to the first communication terminal by way of the second communication method different from the first communication method, and wherein, in a case in which a response to the request for transmission permission is obtained by way of the first communication method, the control unit transmits the first information to the second communication terminal by way of the second communication method.