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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Yasutaka Miwa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenjiro Komaki, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuo Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A game device is provided with a processor and an air interface apparatus. In a wireless communication environment such as that of IEEE802.11, a CPU of the air interface apparatus selects, in a search process, an SSID that includes at least in a portion thereof a predetermined pattern. Network information including the selected SSID is retained in a memory unit as a BSS list registering wireless networks that are targets for connection. The processor refers to the BSS list and determines a wireless network to participate in.