Patent ID: 7946473
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An authentication information management system comprising: an information processing terminal mounted with an IC chip capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer; and an authentication information management server capable of communication with the information processing terminal through a network, wherein the information processing terminal includes: a plurality of memory areas provided in the IC chip for each of functions of the IC chip; and a plurality of applications corresponding to each of the memory areas and for achieving each of the functions of the IC chip, and the authentication information management server includes: an authentication information setting portion for setting authentication information for use in accessing a first memory area corresponding to a first application in the first memory area in response to an authentication information setting request sent from the first application of the information processing terminal; and an authentication information notifying portion which in response to an authentication information acquiring request sent from a second application of the information processing terminal, reads out the authentication information of the first memory area and notifies the second application of the read authentication information.