Patent ID: 7911322

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving a magnetic field signal; storage means for storing information included in the magnetic field signal received by the receiving means; detecting means for detecting a magnetic field variation that occurs in the vicinity of the receiving means; condition determining means for determining whether or not a detection result of the detecting means satisfies a predetermined condition that is set in advance; switching control means for controlling a switching section that switches a connection destination of the storage means on the basis of a determination result of the condition determining means; and reading means for reading information stored on the storage means if it is determined by the condition determining means that the detection result satisfies the condition, wherein the switching control means controls the switching section to connect the storage means to the receiving means if it is determined by the condition determining means that the detection result does not satisfy the condition, and controls the switching section to connect the storage means to the reading means if it is determined by the condition determining means that the detection result satisfies the condition.