Patent ID: 6678753
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An IC card reading/writing apparatus having an IC card reading/writing control section, which controls the reading and/or writing of data from and/or into an IC card, said IC card reading/writing control section comprising:a storage section storing control information, which includes apparatus maker identification information identifying the apparatus maker of the IC card reading/writing apparatus itself for notification to a host computer outside of said IC card reading/writing apparatus to cause the host computer to designate a protocol corresponding to the apparatus maker identified by the apparatus maker identification information; and a card maker identification information transfer section receiving card maker identification information identifying an IC card manufacturer itself and contained in an answer-to-reset signal from a given IC card, and transferring the received card maker identification information from the given IC card to the host computer to cause the host computer to designate a protocol that is adapted to a direct communication between the given IC card and the host computer via said IC card reading/writing apparatus, and corresponding to the IC card manufacturer identified by the transferred card maker identification information.