Patent ID: 6990315

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a sending device configured to send an Inquiry message upon setting a registration mode for registering identification information of wireless communication terminals; a display device configured to display information associated with wireless communication terminals which output responses to the Inquiry message; a storage device configured to store identification information of the wireless communication terminal selected based on the information displayed by said display device; a denial device configured to deny, when said wireless communication apparatus receives an Inquiry message from a wireless communication terminal having identification information which is not stored in said storage device, a communication with the wireless communication terminal that sent the Inquiry message, unless said wireless communication apparatus receives a request for storing the identification information; a notification device configured to make, when said wireless communication apparatus receives the Inquiry message from the wireless communication terminal, a notification to an operator, upon receiving the request; and a registration device configured to register, in response to control by the operator based on the notification by said notification device, the identification information of the wireless communication terminal that sent the request.