Patent ID: 8768255

Claim:
A wireless communication information system using a plurality of information devices, wherein, at least one of the devices includes: a sending unit for, when the device has not yet established a connection with any other devices at all, sending self-identifying information and application identifying information identifying an application which is being executed on the device, and at least one other of the devices includes: a receiving unit for receiving said information from said sending unit existing within a communications range, a displaying unit for displaying a list including device information for each device existing within the communications range and respective application information indicating which applications are being executed on each of the devices in the communications range at the time of sending the respective application identifying information, based on said information received by said receiving unit, a selecting unit for allowing a user to select one of the devices included in said device list, and a connection request transmitting unit for transmitting a connection request to the device selected by said selecting unit.