Patent ID: 7526252

Claim:
An information communication system for performing an information exchange comprising: a first telephone; a first device; first proximity communication means activated by the first telephone when the first telephone is brought close to the first device, wherein the first proximity communication means connects the first telephone and the first device; a second telephone; a second device; second proximity communication means activated by the second telephone when the second telephone is brought close to the second device, wherein the second proximity communication means connects the second telephone and the second device; a wide area transmission path that connects the first device with the second device; reading means for reading, by the first telephone, an access method from the first device, wherein the access method specifies the first device; first cooperating means for transmitting, through a telephone network, the access method from the first telephone to the second telephone; second cooperating means for notifying, by the second telephone using the second proximity communication means, the second device of the access method; third cooperating means for establishing a connection over the wide area transmission path between the first device and the second device using the access method; and display means for displaying, on the first device and on the second device, information that is shared between the first device and the second device using the connection, wherein at least one of a user of the first device or a user of the second device can interact with the information while the information is being shared.