Patent ID: 8365232

Claim:
A wireless transmission method for a wireless transmission system including: a video output device at least displaying video based on video data; an audio output device outputting audio based on audio data; a first wireless transmission device connected to the video output device via a wired connection; and a second wireless transmission device which is connected to the audio output device via a wired connection and performs wireless transmission with the first wireless transmission device, the video data and the audio data being supplied to the video output device and the audio output device, respectively, by a source device which is one of a device connected to the video output device, a device connected to the audio output device, and the video output device, said wireless transmission method being executed by one of the first and second wireless transmission devices and comprising: receiving a location specification message indicating a location of the source device; and selecting a connection mode applied between the first and second wireless transmission devices, on the basis of the location of the source device indicated by the location specification message received in said receiving, and establishing a connection according to the selected connection mode, wherein, when the source device is located on a side of the second wireless transmission device, a first wireless connection mode is selected in said selecting so that at least the video data, out of the video data and the audio data, is wirelessly transmitted in a direction from the second wireless transmission device to the first wireless transmission device, and when the source device is located on a side of the first wireless transmission device, a second wireless connection mode is selected in said selecting so that only the audio data, out of the video data and the audio data, is wirelessly transmitted in a direction from the first wireless transmission device to the second wireless transmission device.