Patent ID: 8213986

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a transmitter transmitting a detection signal to detect a communication terminal; a first acquisition processor acquiring, upon moving at least one of a plurality of communication terminals close to the information processing apparatus, identification information of the communication terminal using a first wireless communicator that transmits and receives predetermined data, the predetermined data including a communication mode indication; a synchronization processor establishing synchronization for wireless communication with the plurality of communication terminals using a second wireless communicator that transmits and receives desired data; a second acquisition processor acquiring, using the second wireless communicator, second identification information from the plurality of communication terminals with which synchronization is established; and an identification processor automatically identifying, as a communication partner, the communication terminal having the acquired identification information, from among the plurality of communication terminals having the acquired second identification information based on a matching between the identification information acquired by the first wireless communicator and the second identification information acquired by the second wireless communicator, wherein the information processing apparatus establishes, using the second wireless communicator and the second identification information, communication with the automatically identified communication terminal using a communication mode corresponding to the communication mode indication of the automatically identified communication terminal.