Wireless communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, communication system, and method of controlling wireless communication apparatus

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a receiving unit that receives a transfer request that requests a connection right to be transferred from a first wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set to a second wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right is not set, the transfer request including information used for synchronizing data in the second wireless communication apparatus with predetermined data in the first wireless communication apparatus;
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• a control unit that, when the transfer request is received, transmits setting information to set the connection right to the second wireless communication apparatus to cause the second wireless communication apparatus to set the connection right and transmits the predetermined data to the second wireless communication apparatus to exercise control to synchronize the data in the second wireless communication apparatus with the predetermined data.

A communication system comprising:

• a wireless communication apparatus including an accepting unit that accepts a transfer operation to transfer a connection right from a first wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set to a second wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right is not set and a control unit that, when the transfer operation is accepted, transmits a transfer request that requests the connection right to be transferred from the first wireless communication apparatus to the second wireless communication apparatus with information included in the transfer request, the information being used for synchronizing data in the second wireless communication apparatus with predetermined data in the first wireless communication apparatus;
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• an information processing apparatus that, when the transfer request is received, transmits setting information to set the connection right to the second wireless communication apparatus to cause the second wireless communication apparatus to set the connection right and transmits the predetermined data to the second wireless communication apparatus to exercise control to synchronize the data in the second wireless communication apparatus with the predetermined data.

A method of controlling a wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• an acceptance procedure of accepting a transfer operation to transfer a connection right from a first wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set to a second wireless communication apparatus to which the connection right is not set;
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• a transmission procedure of transmitting, when the transfer operation is accepted, a transfer request that requests the connection right to be transferred from the first wireless communication apparatus to the second wireless communication apparatus with information included in the transfer request, the information being used for synchronizing data in the second wireless communication apparatus with predetermined data in the first wireless communication apparatus.