First, the overall operations in connection processing executed by the digital camera 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 6A. Note that the present processing is started in a playback state (FIG. 7A) in which the control unit 102 displays, on the display unit 105, an image that has been captured using the service providing unit 106, which serves as the image capturing function of the digital camera 100. Also note that the present processing is realized by the control unit 102 deploying a program stored in the ROM of the storage unit 103 to the RAM of the storage unit 103 and executing the deployed program.

First, in step S601, the control unit 102 detects pressing of, for example, a FUNC button for starting a service search. For example, the console unit 109 notifies the control unit 102 of pressing of the FUNC button included in the console unit 109, and the control unit 102 detects pressing of the FUNC button by receiving the notification from the console unit 109.

In step S602, the control unit 102 starts the service search in response to detection of a user instruction with respect to the FUNC button. The control unit 102 transmits a service search signal to communication apparatuses in the communication range to proceed with the service search processing, which has been described earlier with reference to FIG. 5.