Video game using short range communications to establish pairing and alternate communications during multiplayer gameplay

A first communication terminal storing at least self-identifying information, comprising:

• a first communication module for making a wireless communication with second and third communication terminals with reference to their identifying information;
• a second communication module for making a communication with said second and third communication terminals without reference to said identifying information;
• a pairing unit for executing a pairing processing of storing and collecting with said second communication terminal the identifying information stored in one of said first and second terminals communication into the other of said first and second terminals communication via said second communication module prior to a start of a wireless communication by said first communication module, and further executes next pairing processing of storing and collecting, with said third communication terminal, the identifying information stored in one of said first and second communication terminal into the other of said first and third communication terminals when a first condition requiring that a collection from said second communication terminal to said first communication terminal is done is satisfied in said pairing processing;
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• a signal transmitting and receiving unit which transmits a signal including all the collected identifying information to said second and third communication terminals via said first communication module when a second condition requiring that collections from said second and third communication terminals to said first communication terminal are done is satisfied and receives said signal transmitted from said second and/or third communication terminal via said first communication module when a third condition is satisfied, as a result of a series of said pairing processing by said pairing unit.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a communication program, wherein

• said communication program causes a computer of a first communication terminal storing at least its own identifying information and having a first communication module for making a wireless communication with second and third communication terminals with reference to identifying information for said second and third communication terminals, and a second communication module for making a communication with said second and third communication terminals without reference to said identifying information, to function as
• a pairing unit for executing a pairing processing of storing and collecting with said second communication terminal the identifying information stored in one of said first and second terminals communication into the other of said first and second terminals communication via said second communication module prior to a start of a wireless communication by said first communication module, and further executes next pairing processing of storing and collecting, with said third communication terminal, the identifying information stored in one of said first and second communication terminal into the other of said first and third communication terminals when a first condition is satisfied in said pairing processing;
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• a signal transmitting and receiving unit which transmits a signal including all the collected identifying information to said second and third communication terminals via said first communication module when a second condition requiring that collections from said second and third communication terminals to said first communication terminal are done is satisfied and receives said signal transmitted from said second and/or third communication terminal via said first communication module when a third condition is satisfied, as a result of a series of said pairing processing by said pairing unit.

A method of making a communication between four communication terminals each storing at least self-identifying information, and having a first communication module making a wireless communication between said four communication terminals with reference to their identifying information and a second communication module making a communication between arbitrary two communication terminals out of said four communication terminals without reference to said identifying information, wherein

• said arbitrary two communication terminals make a first pair and the other two said communication terminals make a second pair prior to a start of a wireless communication by said first communication module,
• first pairing processing is executed by collecting via said second communication module the identifying information stored in one communication terminal into another communication terminal between said two communication terminals being made up of said first pair, and second pairing processing is executed by storing and collecting via said second communication module the identifying information stored in one communication terminal into another communication terminal between said two communication terminals being made up of said second pair,
• said two communication terminals each of which collects the identifying information in said first and second pairing processing make a third pair,
• third pairing processing is executed by collecting via said second communication module the identifying information stored in one communication terminal into another communication terminal between said two communication terminals being made up of said third pair, and
• said communication terminal which collects the identifying information in said third pairing processing transmits a signal including all the collected identifying information via said first communication module whereas said other three communication terminals receives said signal transmitted from said communication terminal which collects the identifying information in said third pairing processing via said first communication module.

A network system including first, second and third communication terminals each storing at least self-identifying information, wherein

• said first communication terminals comprises
• a first communication module for making a wireless communication with said second and third communication terminals with reference to their identifying information,
• a second communication module for making a communication with each of said second and third communication terminals without reference to said identifying information,
• an identifying information receiving unit which receives and stores the identifying information stored in said second communication terminal in a case that a first condition requiring that said first communication terminal becomes a master is satisfied with said second communication terminal via said second communication module, and further receives and stores the identifying information stored in said third communication terminal when said first condition is satisfied with said third communication terminal, and
• a signal transmitting unit which transmits a signal including all the received identifying information to said second and third communication terminals via said first communication module when a second condition is satisfied as a result of a series of the receiving processing by said identifying information receiving unit.