Patent ID: 8365268

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a wireless host that issues a request for wireless communication; and a wireless device that receives the request, wherein the wireless host includes a communication unit that transmits, before transmitting a communication request that requests wireless communication with the wireless device to the wireless device, a requesting-user ID for identification of a requesting user that is using the wireless host, the wireless device includes: a communication unit that receives the requesting-user ID from the wireless host; a user-ID storing unit that stores a user ID of a user that is permitted to establish communication with the wireless device; a user authentication unit that authenticates the requesting user based on a result of comparison between the requesting-user ID received by the communication unit of the wireless device and the user ID stored in the user-ID storing unit; and an information required prior to connection storing unit that stores, when the requesting user is authenticated by the user authentication unit, information required prior to connection that includes at least the requesting-user ID and indicates that the requesting user is authenticated by the user authentication unit, when the requesting user is authenticated by the user authentication unit, the communication unit of the wireless device transmits the information required prior to connection to the wireless host, the communication unit of the wireless host transmits the information required prior to connection to the wireless device in an association process for wireless connection with the wireless device, the wireless device further includes an information required prior to connection verifying unit that compares the information required prior to connection received by the wireless device and the information required prior to connection stored in the information required prior to connection storing unit, and when the information required prior to connection received by the wireless device and the information required prior to connection stored in the information required prior to connection storing unit match, the communication unit of the wireless device continues the association process with the wireless host.