Patent ID: 8843113

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a transmission control unit configured to transmit an establishment request for establishment of connection right for wireless connection with a predetermined network to an information processing device performing a control for establishment of the connection right through a wireless line; and a control unit configured to perform a control for the establishment of the connection right, based on establishment information transmitted from the information processing device, on the condition that the establishment request has been authenticated by a first authentication device performing a first authentication process related to the wireless communication device and the establishment request has been authenticated by a second authentication device performing a second authentication process related to the establishment of the connection right; wherein the connection right is a right to connect with the network by connecting with a base station related to the predetermined network based on second authentication information, wherein the information processing device establishes the connection right for the wireless communication device by retaining the second authentication information in the wireless communication device, on a condition that the establishment request has been authenticated by the first authentication device and the establishment request has been authenticated by the second authentication device, wherein the information processing device transmits third authentication information for connection with a neighboring base station located in a vicinity of the base station connected to the wireless communication device based on the second authentication information, to retain the third authentication information, and wherein the control unit performs a connection process with the neighboring base station using the third authentication information, based on a user's operation or a state change of the wireless communication device.