TERMINAL AND CONNECTION METHOD FOR SAME

摘要

The terminal according to the present invention has a communication unit that connects to an access point for a communication network, and a storage unit that stores a connection list containing networks to connect to, an exclusion list for access points to exclude from connecting to, and a duplicate exclusion list that is a copy of the exclusion list. The terminal also has a connection control unit that scans a network registered in the connection list, subtracts access points registered in the exclusion list from the detected access points to identify access points to which connection is possible, initializes the exclusion list if an access point to which connection is possible is not identified and then again identifies an access point to which connection is possible, and selects an access point to connect to, out of identified access points to which connection is possible. The terminal further has a connection ending unit that, if the start of a connection to an access point registered in the duplicate exclusion list is detected, cuts the connection with the access point, and also deletes the corresponding network from the connection list.