Patent ID: 8811966

Claim:
A short-range wireless communication apparatus comprising: a plurality of connection devices capable of simultaneously connecting a plurality of communication interfaces to a communication counterparty apparatus, and causing transfer of sound data from the communication counterparty apparatus by the plurality of communication interfaces; and a control device configured to cause a sound data output device to selectively output the sound data transferred from the communication counterparty apparatus to any of the connection devices by any of the communication interfaces, wherein: when the control device determines that, in a situation where the communication interfaces are simultaneously communicably connected to the communication counterparty apparatus, and there arises a request to start outputting the sound data by using one of the communication interfaces, the control device disconnects another one of the communication interfaces while keeping the requested one of the communication interfaces connected causes the sound data output device to output the sound data that is transferred from the communication counterparty apparatus by the requested one of the communication interfaces; the control device determines whether or not the communication counterparty apparatus is a later-connected interface priority apparatus, the later-connected interface priority apparatus being defined as a specific apparatus that is allowed to transmit the sound data only by using a last-connected communication interface among the connected communication interface; and based on a result of determining whether or not the communication counterparty apparatus is the later-connected interface priority apparatus, the control device determines whether to disconnect the another one of the communication interfaces.