Patent ID: 8181228

Claim:
A method of constructing a wireless network by a wireless communication apparatus having an operation unit, the method comprising: detecting network identification information being used in the vicinity by receiving a signal transmitted from another wireless communication apparatus; displaying on a display screen the detected network identification information and undetected network identification information in a manner as to distinguish the detected network identification information from the undetected network identification information and displaying on the display screen a plurality of symbols each representing a different one of a plurality of buttons of the operation unit, wherein each of the symbols is displayed so as to correspond to a different one of the network identification information such that a user can select network identification information by selecting the button corresponding to any one of the displayed symbols; and constructing a new wireless network of the undetected network identification information corresponding to the symbol of the button selected by the user, wherein the undetected network identification information is network identification information corresponding to not receiving a signal transmitted from another wireless communication apparatus.