Patent ID: 7711388

Claim:
A communications apparatus characterized by comprising: search means for performing a first search, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals and detecting at least a first device; display control means for displaying a first selection screen including an identification of only the first device detected by the first search to a user, the first selection screen enabling the user to indicate whether or not the first device is a communications partner desired by the user; input means for receiving an input from the user through the first selection screen, the input indicating that the first device is not the desired communications partner; memory means for storing, in response to the input, the identification of the first device in a list of communications partners not desired by the user, wherein, in response to the input: the search means performs a second search, through wireless communications, for devices existing within the range reachable by signals and detects at least the first device and a second device; the display control means displays a second selection screen including an identification of only the second device detected by the second search to the user, the second selection screen enabling the user to indicate whether or not the second device is the desired communications partner, the second selection screen excluding the identification of the first device detected by the second search based on the storage of the identification of the first device in the list of communication partners not desired by the user; and detection means for detecting reception intensity, at the communications apparatus, of signals transmitted from the devices detected through the search; wherein, based on the detection result by the detection means, the display control means displays the first or the second selection screen with a device that transmits signals of an intensity of or above a predetermined threshold value as the first or the second device; and wherein when a plurality of devices are simultaneously detected through the search performed by the search means, based on the detection result by the detection means, the display control means displays the first or the second selection screen with the device that transmits the signal of the highest intensity of the plurality of devices as the first or the second device.