Patent ID: 8180292

Claim:
A mobile communication device for communicating with a radio communication device, the mobile communication device comprising: a short-range radio communication unit configured to transmit a first request signal for short-range radio communication connection to the radio communication device in a client mode, and configured to receive a second request signal for short-range radio communication connection from the radio communication device in a server mode, the second request signal being necessary for establishing a short range radio communication connection; a memory configured to store data needed to transmit the first request signal; and a controller configured (i) to control the mobile communication device to wait in the client mode for establishment of a short-range radio communication connection to the radio communication device in response to the first request signal, (ii) to control the mobile communication device to switch from the client mode to the server mode to wait for the second request signal from the radio communication device in response to a failure to establish a short-range radio communication connection between the mobile communication device and the radio communication device while the mobile communication device is in the client mode, and (iii) to control the mobile communication device such that the mobile communication device does not switch from the client mode to the server mode if a short-range radio communication connection between the mobile communication device and the radio communication device is established when the mobile communication device is in the client mode.