Patent ID: 8103003

Claim:
A method for performing a wireless communication parameters setting sequence for setting wireless communication parameters for wireless communication by a first communication device, the method comprising: detecting, at the first communication device, a user operation performed by a user of the first communication device for starting the wireless communication parameters setting sequence; receiving, at the first communication device, a request for setting the wireless communication parameters from a second communication device; performing the wireless communication parameters setting sequence with the second communication device according to the received request such that, in a case where the first communication device receives the request from the second communication device within a predetermined period as measured from the detection of the user operation at the first communication device, performing the wireless communication parameters setting sequence with the second communication device without an authentication process, wherein the authentication process is configured to use authentication information input into the second communication device by a user to determine whether the first communication device will permit the performing of the wireless communication parameters setting sequence with the second communication device, and, in a case where the first communication device receives the request from the second communication device after an expiration of the predetermined period, performing the authentication process in the first communication device and performing the wireless communication parameters setting sequence with the second communication device after the authentication process authenticates the user of the second communication device.