Communications device and method, recording medium, and program
First Claim
1. A communications apparatus characterized by comprising:
- search means for searching, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals;
display control means for displaying a first selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a first device found by said search means a communications partner; and
memory means for storing identification information of said first device if, through said first selection screen displayed by said display control means, said first device is not selected as a communications partner;
wherein, if said first device is not selected as a communications partner, said search means performs a search again; and
wherein said display control means excludes, based on said identification information stored in said memory means, said first device from the devices detected through the search performed again, and displays a second selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a second device detected through the search performed again a communications partner.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a communications apparatus and method, a storage medium and a program that make it possible for the user to select a device to be made a communications partner more quickly and reliably. The searcher device 21 performs a search so as to detect only one device. If the response message from the searchee device 32 is obtained by the searcher device 21, on the display section of the searcher device 21 is displayed a selection screen for selecting whether or not to make the searchee device 32 a communications partner. If the searchee device 32 is not selected as a communications partner, the searcher device 21 performs another search so as to detect two devices. If the searchee device 31 and the searchee device 32 are detected in the second search, the searcher device 21 excludes the searchee device 32, which was not selected as a communications partner in the previous search, and displays a selection screen for selecting whether or not to perform communications with the searchee device 31. The present invention is applicable to various kinds of communications apparatuses, such as personal computers, PDAs, mobile phones and the like.
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11 Claims
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1. A communications apparatus characterized by comprising:
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search means for searching, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals;
display control means for displaying a first selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a first device found by said search means a communications partner; and
memory means for storing identification information of said first device if, through said first selection screen displayed by said display control means, said first device is not selected as a communications partner;
wherein, if said first device is not selected as a communications partner, said search means performs a search again; and
wherein said display control means excludes, based on said identification information stored in said memory means, said first device from the devices detected through the search performed again, and displays a second selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a second device detected through the search performed again a communications partner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communications method characterized by comprising:
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a search step of searching, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals;
a display control step of displaying a first selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a first device found through the process of said search step a communications partner; and
a memory step of storing identification information of said first device if, through said first selection screen displayed through the process of said display control step, said first device is not selected as a communications partner;
wherein, if said first device is not selected as a communications partner, a search is performed again through the process of said search step; and
wherein through the process of said display control step said first device is excluded, based on the identification information stored through the process of said memory step, from the devices detected through the search performed again, and a second selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a second device detected through the search performed again a communications partner is displayed.
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10. A storage medium for storing a computer readable program, said program characterized by comprising:
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a search step of searching, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals;
a display control step of displaying a first selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a first device found through the process of said search step a communications partner; and
a memory step of storing identification information of said first device if, through said first selection screen displayed through the process of said display control step, said first device is not selected as a communications partner;
wherein, if said first device is not selected as a communications partner, a search is performed again through the process of said search step; and
wherein, through the process of said display control step said first device is excluded, based on the identification information stored through the process of said memory step, from the devices detected through the search performed again, and a second selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a second device detected through the search performed again a communications partner is displayed.
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11. A computer readable program characterized by comprising:
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a search step of searching, through wireless communications, for devices existing within a range reachable by signals;
a display control step of displaying a first selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a first device found through the process of said search step a communications partner; and
a memory step of storing identification information of said first device if, through said first selection screen displayed through the process of said display control step, said first device is not selected as a communications partner;
wherein, if said first device is not selected as a communications partner, a search is performed again through the process of said search step; and
wherein, through the process of said display control step said first device is excluded, based on the identification information stored through the process of said memory step, from the devices detected through the search performed again, and a second selection screen for selecting whether or not to make a second device detected through the search performed again a communications partner is displayed.
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