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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Takuro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoriko Komatsuzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoriko Komatsuzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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 deviceperforms a search so as to detect only one device. If the response message from the searchee deviceis obtained by the searcher device, on the display section of the searcher deviceis displayed a selection screen for selecting whether or not to make the searchee devicea communications partner. If the searchee deviceis not selected as a communications partner, the searcher deviceperforms another search so as to detect two devices. If the searchee deviceand the searchee deviceare detected in the second search, the searcher deviceexcludes the searchee device, 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. The present invention is applicable to various kinds of communications apparatuses, such as personal computers, PDAs, mobile phones and the like.