Patent ID: 8650626

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a communication unit operatively coupled to the processor; and a memory device operatively coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions that cause the processor, in cooperation with the communication unit and the memory device, to, in response to a contactless communication: (a) acquire address information from a second memory device having: (i) a free area including said address information; and (ii) a secure area including account information; (b) connect to a resource of a server using said acquired address information; and (c) cause a security server, separate from the information processing apparatus, to: (i) establish a secure communication path with the information processing apparatus via the server; (ii) acquire said account information from the second memory device via the server using the secure communication path; and (iii) transmit said acquired account information to the server such that the server enables a user to access the resource of the server using said account information; wherein the account information included in the secure area is encrypted account information, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to: acquire the encrypted account information from the secure area; transmit the encrypted account information to the server for transmission to the security server; and causing the security server to transmit decrypted account information to the server.