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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Masaaki Isozu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Isozu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication device configured to perform communication with another wireless communication device which exists outside the wireless communication range by performing communication through a path via a neighboring wireless communication device includes: a communication control unit configured to compute the number of links until a signal from the other wireless communication device is received; a device information holding unit configured to associate the number of computed links with information relating to the other wireless communication device and holding therein; and a display control unit configured to control the information relating to the other wireless communication device associated to the number of links based on the number of links, so as to be displayed.