Patent ID: 8019997

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving data to and from an other information processing apparatus or a portable type information terminal apparatus via an information storing medium, said information processing apparatus comprising: a communicating unit configured to communicate with said other information processing apparatus via a network and receive said data from said other information processing apparatus; an authentication unit including a first authentication unit configured to authenticate said other information processing apparatus, and a second authentication unit configured to authenticate said information storing medium; a memory unit configured to store said data when said other information processing apparatus has been authenticated by said first authentication unit; a connecting unit configured to connect with said information storing medium which is configured to store data for recording to said portable type information terminal apparatus; an encryption unit configured to encrypt said data when said information storing medium has been authenticated by said second authentication unit; a recorder unit configured to record encrypted data to said information storing medium when the information storing medium has been authenticated by said second authentication unit.