Patent ID: 6763252
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus, comprising:an information processing unit; a portable device attachable to said information processing unit, said portable device capable of communicating with an external device via radio wave by radio wave transmitting and receiving means in a state independent of said information processing apparatus; accommodation means for accommodating said portable device in a detachable way; detection means for detecting accommodation/removal of said portable device in/from said accommodation means; read means for reading ID information transmitted from an information transmitting means different from said radio transmitting and receiving means; requiring means for requiring an input of a password; authentication means for authenticating the inputted password; and control means for enabling said information processing apparatus to access personal information corresponding to the ID information when the inputted password is authenticated by said authentication means, wherein said requiring means requires the input of the password when it is determined by said detection means that a time period from the removal of said portable device from said accommodation means to the accommodation of said portable device in said accommodation means is equal to or longer than a predetermined time period, and said requiring means does not require the input of the password when it is determined by said detection means that the time period from the removal of said portable device from said accommodation means to the accommodation of said portable device in said accommodation means is shorter than the predetermined time period.