Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, wireless communication device control program, and wireless communication system
To perform a communication by selecting an appropriate communication path when there are a plurality of communication paths between two wireless communication devices. A wireless communication device is provided with an opposite side device communication information acquisition means acquiring opposite side device communication information, which indicates a communication path of a wireless communication in the communication device that is to be a communication partner, from the communication device in a short distance wireless communication; a communication information acquisition means acquiring communication information, which indicates a communication path of a wireless communication in own device; a selection means selecting a communication path used for a communication with the communication device among a plurality of communication paths based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information; and a communication means performing a communication with the communication device in the selected communication path.
1. A wireless communication device performing a communication with a communication device wirelessly, comprising:
an opposite side device communication information acquisition unit that acquires opposite side device communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the opposite side device communication information indicating a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a communication information acquisition unit that acquires communication information, which indicates a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information according to predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path; and
a communication unit that performs a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths.
2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection condition acquisition unit that acquires the predetermined information for selecting the one of the plurality of communication paths used in the communication with the communication device;
wherein the selection unit selects the one of the plurality of communication paths communicating with the communication device in accordance with the predetermined information.
3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the selection condition acquisition unit acquires the predetermined information specified by a user.
4. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information, which indicates an attribution of a print target, from the communication device in the short distance wireless communication;
wherein the selection unit selects the one of the plurality of communication paths communicating with the communication device based on the attribute information.
5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information, which indicates an attribution of the communication device, from the communication device in the short distance wireless communication;
wherein the selection unit selects the one of the plurality of communication path communicating with the communication device based on the attribute information.
6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined information is indicative of at least one of communication expense, service addition capability, and communication processing time.
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a wireless communication device control program executed in a wireless communication device to perform a wireless communication with a communication device comprising:
an opposite side device communication information acquisition function acquiring opposite side device communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the opposite side device communication information indicating a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a communication information acquisition function acquiring communication information, which indicates a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a selection function selecting one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information according to predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path; and
a communication function performing a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths.
8. A wireless communication system having a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and performing a communication between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device,
the first wireless communication device having
a first communication path information transmitting unit that transmits first communication path information to the second wireless communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the first communication path information indicating a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the first wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
the second wireless communication device having
a first communication path information acquisition unit that acquires the first communication path information from the first wireless communication device using the short distance wireless communication,
a second communication path acquisition unit that acquires the second communication path information, which indicates a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the second wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication,
a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the first communication path information and the second communication path information according to predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path, and
a communication unit that performs a communication with the first wireless communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths.
9. A wireless communication device performing a communication with a communication device wirelessly, comprising:
an opposite side device communication information acquisition unit that acquires opposite side device communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the opposite side device communication information indicating a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a communication information acquisition unit that acquires communication information, which indicates a plurality of wireless communication paths available to the wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information; and
a communication unit that performs a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths,
the plurality of communication paths including a communication path via a server which processes data received from the wireless communication device and transmits the processed data to the communication device.
10. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the server receives the data and transmits the processed data via the Internet.
11. A wireless communication device performing a communication with a communication device wirelessly, comprising:
a first communication information acquisition unit that acquires first communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the first communication information indicating a plurality of communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a second communication information acquisition unit that acquires second communication information, which indicates a plurality of communication paths available to the wireless communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication;
a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the first communication information and the second communication information according to predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path; and
a communication unit that performs a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths.