Patent ID: 9706344
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method carried out by an information processing apparatus, comprising: receiving, from a storage apparatus that has a wireless communication function and is within a wireless communication range of the information processing apparatus, an accessory ID of an accessory and status information of the accessory ID that were stored in the storage apparatus, as a result of: (i) the accessory and the storage apparatus being physically coupled with a host device, and (ii) the accessory ID being read from a surface of the accessory and then stored in the storage apparatus in association with the status information by the host device; executing, on the information processing apparatus, a user-interactive application in association with the received accessory ID and the status information thereof, the status information of the accessory ID being updated during execution of the user-interactive application; and transmitting wirelessly, from the information processing apparatus to the storage apparatus, the accessory ID and the updated status information, wherein a first visual or audio output corresponding to the accessory ID and the updated status information is generated by the host device when the storage apparatus is physically coupled with the host device, the first visual or audio output being different from a visual or audio output generated by the host device when the storage apparatus was physically coupled with the host device prior to the update.