Patent ID: 7546147

Claim:
An electronic apparatus capable of executing wireless communication, comprising: a communication unit configured to transmit a station discovery request to remote devices capable of data transmission by wireless communication and to receive one or more device addresses corresponding to one or more remote devices that respond to the station discovery request; a display unit configured to display a list of the one or more device addresses corresponding to the one or more remote devices that respond to the station discovery request; and a processing unit configured to receive a selection from a user of a desired remote connection partner from among the one or more remote devices that respond to the station discovery request, the selection being made based solely on the list of the one or more device addresses, and, if a user selection is received, the processing unit being further configured to cause the communication unit to transmit a connection request to the selected remote connection partner before transmitting a name acquisition request to the selected remote connection partner, wherein the communication unit is adapted to transmit a device name acquisition request to one or more of the responsive devices if no connection partner is selected based upon the device addresses.