Patent ID: 8503933

Claim:
A method of deciding whether a first communication apparatus is to become either a providing device that provides communication parameters or a receiving device that receives the communication parameters from the providing device, the method comprising steps of: acquiring, at the first communication apparatus, a first capability attribute and a first parameter setting identifier of a second communication apparatus, wherein the first capability attribute of the second communication apparatus indicates at least one of a capability for providing communication parameters of the second communication apparatus and a capability for receiving communication parameters of the second communication apparatus; and deciding, at the first communication apparatus, whether the first communication apparatus is to become the providing device or the receiving device of the communication parameters, based on the first capability attribute and the first parameter setting identifier of the second communication apparatus acquired in the acquiring step and a second capability attribute and a second parameter setting identifier of the first communication apparatus, wherein at least one of the above steps is performed, at least in part, by a computer processor.