Patent ID: 7076664

Claim:
A confirmation system for confirming, in a facility that can be used by presenting a recording medium capable of recording information, whether or not the facility is being used with authorization, comprising: an owner registration apparatus placed in the facility and an owner confirmation apparatus placed in the facility, the recording medium being capable of recording information on a use status of the recording medium in the facility, wherein the owner registration apparatus comprises: a recording medium reading part for reading information recorded on the recording medium, a first biological information obtaining part for checking the use status of the recording medium in the facility from the information read by the recording medium reading part, determining that the recording medium is presented for a first time in the facility, and obtaining first biological information from an owner of the recording medium, and a biological information storing part for storing the obtained first biological information in the recording medium; and the owner confirmation apparatus comprises: a recording medium reading part for reading the information recorded on the recording medium; a second biological information obtaining part for checking the use status of the recording medium in the facility from the information read from the recording medium reading part, and obtaining second biological information from the owner of the recording medium, in a case where it is determined that the recording medium is presented at a second, later time in the facility; and a determining part for determining whether or not the owner at the time of the first presentation of the recording medium is the same as the owner at the second, later time of presentation of the recording medium by comparing the first biological information stored in the recording medium with the second biological information obtained by the second biological information obtaining part.