INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150178530A1
• Filed: 07/05/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: Tobita, Naoto, Sekiya, Shuichi, Hikita, Tomoharu
• Granted Patent: US 10,832,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system including a server device, and a non-contact communication tag readable through NFC. The non-contact communication tag includes an identification information retaining unit that retains identification information for uniquely identifying the tag, an authentication information retaining unit that retains authentication information to be used in authentication of the non-contact communication tag, and a NFC unit that transmits the identification information and the authentication information to another device, which will transmit the received identification information and authentication information to the server device, in NFC with the other device. The server device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires the identification information, the authentication information, and other information transmitted from the other device, an authentication unit that authenticates the non-contact communication tag using the authentication information, and a process execution unit that executes a process according to the other information and the identification information after the authentication.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a server device; and

a non-contact communication tag of which information is readable through near field communication,

wherein the non-contact communication tag includes;

an identification information retaining unit configured to retain identification information for uniquely identifying the non-contact communication tag;

an authentication information retaining unit configured to retain authentication information to be used in authentication of the non-contact communication tag; and

a near field communication unit configured to transmit the identification information that the identification information retaining unit retains and the authentication information that the authentication information retaining unit retains to another device, which will transmit the received identification information and authentication information to the server device, in near field communication with the other device, and

wherein the server device includes;

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the identification information, the authentication information, and other information transmitted from the other device;

an authentication unit configured to authenticate the non-contact communication tag using the authentication information; and

a process execution unit configured to execute a process according to the other information and the identification information that the information acquisition unit acquires after the authentication of the non-contact communication tag by the authentication unit.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the process execution unit executes an authentication process with respect to the other device using the other information.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the information transmitted from the other device to the server device further includes information of a product price, and

wherein the process execution unit executes the authentication process with respect to the other device and a payment process of the product price for the other device using the information of the product price and the identification information transmitted from the other device.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the process execution unit executes a process relating to content that is available in the other device using the other information and the identification information.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the content that is available in the other device is a ticket.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the content that is available in the other device is a coupon.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the process execution unit replies to the non-contact communication tag with a result of execution of a process according to the other information and the identification information through the other device.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the non-contact communication tag further includes an information display unit configured to display the result of the execution of the process by the process execution unit.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a terminal device configured as the other device to execute near field communication with the non-contact communication tag.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9,

wherein the terminal device includes:

a near field communication unit configured to execute near field communication with the non-contact communication tag; and

a communication unit configured to execute communication with the server device, and

wherein the communication unit transmits information of the terminal device at the time of near field communication with the non-contact communication tag and the identification information acquired from the non-contact communication tag to the server device.

11. An information processing method comprising:

a step of transmitting identification information for uniquely identifying a non-contact communication tag and authentication information used to authenticate the non-contact communication tag, which are received in near field communication between the non-contact communication tag and another device, to the other device that will transmit the identification information and the authentication information to a server device;

a step of acquiring the identification information, the authentication information, and other information transmitted from the other device with the server device;

a step of authenticating the non-contact communication tag with the server device using the authentication information; and

a step of executing a process according to the acquired other information and identification information with the server device after the authentication of the non-contact communication tag in the step of authentication.