Patent ID: 8086220

Claim:
A wireless communications apparatus, comprising: a short-distance wireless connection request transmitter configured to transmit, in response to an operation of a user of said wireless communications apparatus that is a source of a connection request, said connection request and identification information of said wireless communications apparatus to a mate apparatus; a short-distance wireless identification information receiver configured to receive, triggered by the reception of said mate apparatus of said connection request transmitted by said short-distance wireless communications apparatus, identification information of said mate apparatus that is transmitted from said mate apparatus by short-distance wireless communication; a short-distance wireless communications termination requestor configured to execute, in response to an operation by a user of said wireless communications apparatus, processing associated with termination of short-distance wireless communication, wherein communications with said mate apparatus is controlled by said short-distance wireless connection request transmitter, said short-distance wireless identification information receiver, and said short-distance wireless communication termination requester.