Communication system, host device, and terminal device

1. A communication system, comprising:

a host device;

a terminal device that can establish a communication connection with the host device; and

a peripheral device comprising:

a first communication section that can be connected to the host device; and

a second communication section that can be connected to the terminal device, wherein:

the terminal device comprises a section for transmitting terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device to the host device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section;

the host device comprises a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting the terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section; and

the peripheral device further comprises a section for establishing a communication connection via the second communication section with the communication partner identified by the communication destination identification information transmitted by the communication destination identification information transmitting section;

wherein the peripheral device can be further connected to the host device via the second communication section; and

wherein the communication destination identification information transmitting section of the host device transmits host device identification information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device.

2. A host device, which can establish a communication connection with a terminal device and can be connected to a peripheral device, that comprises a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section,

the host device comprising a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section;

wherein the peripheral device can be further connected to the host device via the second communication section; and

wherein the communication destination identification information transmitting section of the host device transmits host device identification information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device.

3. A host device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the communication destination identification information transmitting section acquires peripheral device identification information that allows the host device to identify the peripheral device as the communication partner in the case of performing the communications via the second communication section, from the peripheral device when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device; and

the communication destination identification information transmitting section transmits, to the terminal device, the peripheral device identification information that allows the terminal device to identify the peripheral device as the communication partner in the case of performing the communications via the second communication section, and has been acquired from the peripheral device, when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section while being connected to the terminal device.

4. A host device according to claim 2 , wherein the communication destination identification information transmitting section transmits the terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section while being connected to the terminal device operating in a predetermined operation mode.

5. A communication control method, which is performed by a host device that can establish a communication connection with a terminal device, and can be connected to a peripheral device that comprises a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section,

the communication control method comprising:

transmitting terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section; and

transmitting host device identification information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device,

wherein the peripheral device can be further connected to the host device via the second communication section.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium, which stores thereon a program for causing a host device, that can establish a communication connection with a terminal device, and can be connected to a peripheral device that comprises

a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section, to function as a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting terminal device identification information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section;

wherein the peripheral device can be further connected to the host device via the second communication section; and

wherein the communication destination identification information transmitting section of the host device transmits host device identification information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device.

7. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the first communication section is a wired communication interface, the second communication interface is a wireless communication interface, and the host device and the terminal device are connected to each other by wire.