Patent ID: 8700872

Claim:
An information processing system that comprises a reader/writer and an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being equipped with an IC chip that performs a non-contact communication with the reader/writer, the reader/writer including: a processing section for executing service processing performed between the reader/writer and the information processing apparatus; a processing completion determining section for determining whether or not a process of the service processing has been completed; a control information generating section for generating control information for causing the information processing apparatus to store the control information in an internal memory of the information processing apparatus, the control information setting an access to an internal memory held within the IC chip, the control information being generated depending on a determination result indicating that the process of the service processing is completed; and a control information transmitting section for transmitting the generated control information to the information processing apparatus; and the information processing apparatus including: the internal memory held within the IC chip and having an access control area for controlling the access to the internal memory; an in-chip communication section held within the IC chip to receive the control information transmitted from the reader/writer; an internal memory managing section for storing the received control information in the internal memory; a control information obtaining section for obtaining the control information from the internal memory; and an access control managing section for setting the access to the internal memory after receiving the control information from the control information obtaining section.