Patent ID: 7346708

Claim:
An access point high-speed connecting method, wherein the method is using presence service in which a first information terminal including a presentity for delivering presence information onto a network, a watcher for transmitting to a second information terminal a presence subscription information to request presence information of the second information terminal, receiving presence information delivered from the network, and displaying the presence information; and data storage for storing various information regarding presence service is connected to a predetermined access point, which is included in the network and which can be set to a stealth mode, and is thereby connected to a second information terminal and thereby provides and communicates presence information to and with the second information terminal, the data storage is used by the first information terminal to store therein a group identifier to identify a group representing objects connectible to the second information terminal and interface support information for the first information terminal to be connected to an access point in the stealth mode, the method, comprising: a group identifier adding step of adding by the first information terminal, when it is desired to obtain presence of the second information terminal, the group identifier to the presence subscription request to be transmitted from the watcher of the first information terminal to the second information terminal; and a first interface support information transmitting step of notifying by the second information terminal, when the second information terminal receives the presence subscription request after the group identifier adding step and transmits presence information through a connection to an access point to the first information terminal, the interface support information by the presence service only to information terminals belonging to a group of the second information terminal.