Patent ID: 11893292
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory storing a control program,
a detecting device, and
a hardware processor, executing the control program to
authenticate a user holding a portable device;
receive a terminal identification information of a first portable device that is associated to the user, wherein the terminal identification information of the first portable device and an association with the user are registered in a database in advance;
upon successfully authenticating the user, transmit an action instructing signal for issuing an instruction to the portable device to perform an action on the portable device, wherein the action instructing signal is outputted based on the terminal identification information of the first portable device, via wireless communication, wherein the portable device has a sensor sensing bio-information and/or a position information;
detect a change of a status of the portable device through receiving a signal transmitted as a response to the action instructing signal from the portable device, wherein the change of status is a visual change from at least part of portable device, auditory change from the portable device, an operation of user on the portable device, or radio signal of specific frequency from the portable device;
determine, based on the change of the status of the portable device responding to the action instructing signal transmitted, whether or not the portable device held by the user is the first portable device associated with the user registered in the database; and
store bio-information and/or position information obtained from the sensor of the portable device to the memory after the user is authenticated and the hardware processor determines that the portable device is the first portable device registered and associated with the user in the database.