Patent ID: 9373110
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus for communicating with a mobile electronic device that performs first communication which is non-contact near field communication, the information processing apparatus performing second communication different from the first communication with the mobile electronic device, said information processing apparatus comprising: a data storage unit configured to store a number of data items, in which a data item is stored in a storage area for each user who uses the mobile electronic device; a program storage unit configured to store an application program that executes a service related to the first communication using the data item; a communication unit configured to perform the second communication with the mobile electronic device; an authentication unit configured to authenticate the mobile electronic device; a data identifying unit configured to identify from among the number of stored data items of the data storage unit a respective data item for the user of the mobile electronic device authenticated by the authentication unit on the basis of authentication information sent from the mobile electronic device authenticated by the authentication unit, in which the respective identified data item is used by the application program; and an execution unit configured to execute, on the basis of (i) application program identification information that is used with the respective identified data item for identifying the application program that executes the service related to the first communication and that is sent by way of the mobile electronic device and (ii) the respective identified data item, the application program corresponding to the application program identification information, in which the mobile electronic device is configured to perform the non-contact near field communication with an external device which is not in direct communication contact with the information processing apparatus, in which the application program identification information is sent from the external device by way of the mobile electronic device to the execution unit, and in which said information processing apparatus enables (i) execution of the application program based on the application program identification information and the respective identified data item to be performed thereat so as to provide a corresponding service related to the non-contact near field communication with the external device for use by the user of the mobile electronic device and (ii) a communication log of communication between said information processing apparatus and the external device to be provided which is indicative of a transaction log representative of non-contact near field communication performed by the mobile electronic device.