Patent ID: 8223000

Claim:
An information access system for accessing information in a contactless information storage device, the information access system comprising: a passive contactless information storage device to receive a command signal and transmit a response signal carrying at least an identification thereof, in a contactless manner; a fixed-station information processing device including; a unit to process information, a wireless receiver to receive a first request signal carrying the identification, and a wireless transmitter to transmit, in a contactless manner, a command signal for requesting transmission of information that is stored in the passive contactless information storage device, and supply power in the contactless manner to the passive contactless information storage device, and to transmit, in response to reception of the first request signal, a second request signal carrying the identification for requesting additional information to the passive contactless information storage device; and a mobile-station information processing device including; a unit to process information, a unit to present information, a wireless receiver to receive the response signal for response to the command signal and the response signal for response to the second request signal, directly from the passive contactless information storage device in a contactless manner, and a wireless transmitter to transmit, to the fixed-station information processing device, the first request signal carrying the identification as selected by a user from identifications carried by received response signals for response to the command signal, for requesting additional information.