Patent ID: 8526375

Claim:
A communication connection device for establishing communication between a terminal device and an external network comprising: a connection path connecting the terminal device; a single or a plurality of external network communication adaptors compatible with one or more external networks; a network selection processing portion for automatically selecting a network from the external networks in accordance with stored profile information and priority information for each external network including an order of priority of the plural external networks; a re-selection processing instruction mechanism configured to cause, as a result of a user's operation, the network selection processing portion to start selection processing; an external network connection processing portion for establishing or reconfiguring the connection to an external network selected by the network selection processing portion in accordance with said stored order of priority; and a communication relay processing portion for relay-processing the communication between the communication terminal and the external network; wherein said communication connection device is a user-portable mobile communication connection device, and said re-selection processing instruction mechanism is formed by a switch disposed on a device external surface; and the communication connection device further comprising a notification portion for detecting an input operation of the switch and notifying the network selection processing portion of the detection.