Patent ID: 7882030
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A connection information management system for managing connection information used in communications between IC cards, wherein each IC card comprises: a notification unit configured to notify a server of the ID of the IC card and connection information of a terminal device having the IC card connected thereto, through a network; a request unit configured to request, from the server, connection information of a terminal device having another IC card connected thereto while specifying the ID of the other IC card; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the requested connection information from the server, and wherein the server comprises: a database configured to store the ID and the connection information that have been notified by each IC card, while associating the ID and the connection information with each other; a search unit configured to search the connection information stored in the database for the connection information corresponding to the ID specified by the request when the request has been made by the IC card; and a notification unit configured to notify the requesting IC card of the search-acquired connection information.