Patent ID: 7882234

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly; an operation unit for accepting a user operation for setting a communication parameter by a user; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the processing unit performing a process of setting the communication parameter between the wireless communication device and an operated device different from the wireless communication device, wherein the processing unit: detects the user operation at the wireless communication device; detects the operated device, based on a signal received by the wireless communication unit, wherein the signal is transmitted by the operated device in response to a user operation for setting the communication parameter made at the operated device; performs the process of setting the communication parameter with the detected operated device through the wireless communication unit; and wherein the processing unit terminates the process of setting the communication parameter as a failure, if a plurality of operated devices, at which user operations for setting the communication parameter have been made, is detected within a predetermined time period after the user operation at the wireless communication device is detected.