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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Masahiro Imaizumi, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Kono, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Iwasa, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Identification information of another image communication apparatus is received, as transmitter information indicating a transmitter, from the another image communication apparatus, and display is performed so as to indicate the transmitter on display means in accordance with the transmitter information having been received, and a user is allowed to select whether or not an image is to be received from the another image communication apparatus having transmitted the transmitter information. Next, its own identification information is transmitted, as destination information indicating a destination, to the another image communication apparatus which is selected as the transmitter from which an image is to be received. An image is received from the another image communication apparatus to which the destination information is transmitted, and the received image is stored in storage means.