COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20090146776A1
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: Morimura, Jinichi, IWAHASHI, Mitsugi, Kurita, Taro
• Granted Patent: US 8,604,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3229 Use of the SIM of a M-device as secure element
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/346 Cards serving only as information carrier of service
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A communication system includes a first information processing device, a plurality of processing portions, a storage portion, and a second information processing device. The first information processing device includes a processing command transmission portion that transmits to the second information processing device, by non-contact communication, a processing command that includes one of a plurality of identification information items. Each of the processing portions is uniquely associated with one of the identification information items. The storage portion stores a correspondence information item that indicates a correspondence between one of the identification information items and one of the processing portions. The second information processing device includes a processing portion selection portion that selects one of the processing portions to execute the processing command received from the first information processing device, based on the correspondence information item stored in the storage portion and on the identification information item included in the processing command.

Claims

1. A communication system, comprising:

a first information processing device that includes a processing command transmission portion that transmits to a second information processing device, by non-contact communication, a specified processing command that includes a specified one of a plurality of identification information items;

the second information processing device, which includes

a plurality of processing portions that are each uniquely associated with a specified one of the plurality of the identification information items,

a storage portion that stores a correspondence information item that indicates a correspondence relationship between a specified one of the plurality of the identification information items and one of the processing portions, and

a processing portion selection portion that selects one of the processing portions to execute the processing command that is received from the first information processing device, based on the correspondence information item that is stored in the storage portion and on the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items that is included in the processing command.

2. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of processing portion includes a secure memory to store a specified information item.

3. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the second information processing device further includes a correspondence information item storing portion that stores the correspondence information item in the storage portion,

the plurality of the processing portions includes

a first processing portion that is capable of issuing a storage command to the correspondence information item storing portion to store an information item in the storage portion, and

a second processing portion that does not issue the storage command, and

the correspondence information item storing portion stores in the storage portion the correspondence information item that corresponds to the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items by causing the first processing portion to issue the storage command to store the correspondence information item and then storing the correspondence information item according to the storage command.

4. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the second information processing device is a portable communication device that is provided with one of a non-contact IC card and a non-contact IC card function, and

the first information processing device is a reader/writer that, through non-contact communication, one of writes an information item to the second information processing device and reads an information item from the second information processing device.

5. An information processing device, comprising:

a plurality of process mechanism that process processing commands, wherein each of the plurality of process mechanism is uniquely associated with a corresponding identification information item;

a storage mechanism that stores a correspondence information item that indicates a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of process mechanism and the corresponding identification information item;

an acquisition mechanism that acquires a specified processing command that includes one of the identification information items through non-contact communication; and

a selection mechanism that selects one of the plurality of process mechanism to execute the specified processing command based on the correspondence information stored in the storage mechanism.

6. An information processing method, including the steps of:

acquiring a specified processing command that includes a specified one of a plurality of identification information items, the specified processing command being acquired through non-contact communication by an information processing device that has a plurality of processing portions that are each uniquely associated with a specified one of the plurality of the identification information items; and

selecting one of the processing portions to execute the acquired processing command, based on the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items that is included in the processing command and on a correspondence information item that is stored in a storage portion of the information processing device and that indicates a correspondence relationship between the selected processing portion and the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items.

7. A computer program product having instructions that when executed by a CPU perform steps comprising:

acquiring a specified processing command that includes a specified one of a plurality of identification information items, the specified processing command being acquired through non-contact communication by an information processing device that has a plurality of processing portions that are each uniquely associated with a specified one of the plurality of the identification information items; and

selecting one of the processing portions to execute the acquired processing command, based on the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items that is included in the processing command and on a correspondence information item that is stored in a storage portion of the information processing device and that indicates a correspondence relationship between the selected processing portion and the specified one of the plurality of the identification information items.