Patent ID: 6592032
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A control method for storing and/or retrieving information in association with ID information of a storage medium in a system having a control apparatus and a terminal coupled to the storage medium:in an operation of storing the information to be stored; the terminal accepts input of the information to be stored; reads out the ID information from the storage medium; transmits the inputted information to be stored and the ID information to the control apparatus; the control apparatus stores the information to be stored therein in association with the ID information; in an operation of retrieving information already stored, the terminal reads out the ID information from the storage medium and transmits the ID information to the control apparatus; the control apparatus retrieves the information already stored therein based on the ID information; and transmits the retrieved information to the terminal; and the terminal receives the retrieved information.