Communication device, communication method, program, and communication system

1. A communication device comprising:

a contactless communication unit for contactless communication;

a wireless communication unit for wireless communication; and

a control unit configured to, in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device, start activation of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit, and conduct at least part of a connection process using the contactless communication, for the wireless communication with the other communication device before the activation completes,

wherein the connection process includes a process of deciding which communication device is to operate as a group owner, and an authentication process.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

after activation of the first communication mode of the wireless communication unit is completed, the control unit causes the wireless communication unit to conduct an unexecuted process from among the connection process.

3. The communication device according to claim 2 , wherein

the unexecuted process varies according to an activation completion timing of the first communication mode of the wireless communication unit.

4. The communication device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a display unit,

wherein the communication device reports contactless communication connection start using the display unit.

5. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device while the wireless communication unit is operating in a second communication mode, the control unit controls disconnection of a connection by the second communication mode, and controls activation start of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit.

6. The communication device according to claim 5 , wherein:

the second communication mode is an infrastructure mode that conducts communication via an access point, and

the first communication mode is a direct communication mode that conducts communication without traversing the access point.

7. A communication method comprising:

detecting another communication device by contactless communication;

starting activation of a first communication mode of wireless communication; and

conducting at least part of a connection process using the contactless communication, for the wireless communication with the other communication device before the activation completes,

wherein the connection process includes a process of deciding which communication device is to operate as a group owner, and an authentication process.

8. A computer-readable storage device encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to function as:

a contactless communication unit for contactless communication;

a wireless communication unit for wireless communication; and

a control unit configured to, in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device, start activation of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit, and conduct at least part of a connection process using the contactless communication, for the wireless communication with the other communication device before the activation completes,

wherein the connection process includes a process of deciding which communication device is to operate as a group owner, and an authentication process.

9. A communication system comprising:

a plurality of communication devices;

wherein each of the plurality of communication devices includes:

a contactless communication unit for contactless communication,

a wireless communication unit for wireless communication, and

a control unit configured to, in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device, start activation of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit, and conduct at least part of a connection process using the contactless communication, for the wireless communication with the other communication device before the activation completes,

wherein the connection process includes a process of deciding which communication device will operate as a group owner, and an authentication process.