Patent ID: 8165526

Claim:
A connecting apparatus for a wireless device, comprising: a contact unit configured to provide a communication interface in physical contact with another wireless device when the other wireless device contacts the contact unit, wherein information for wireless communications is transmitted through the contact unit; a controller configured to: receive the information from the other wireless device through the contact unit and establish a protocol for wireless communications with the other wireless device using the information, when the other wireless device contacts the contact unit; a group setting unit configured to generate a group identification code, and to transmit the group identification code to the other wireless device in order to assign the group identification code to the other wireless device through the contact unit, when the other wireless device contacts the contact unit; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit or receive data to or from the wireless device according to the protocol when the other wireless device is separated from the contact unit, and to perform group communications using the group identification code.