Patent ID: 7509092

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a first information processing apparatus disposed in correspondence with an entrance of a space including a plurality of areas; a plurality of second information processing apparatuses respectively disposed in correspondence with the plurality of areas; and a third information processing apparatus which manages points, the point being earned by a person who entered the space or the area; wherein the first information processing apparatus includes: first acquisition means for communicating with a communication terminal worn on a person who visited the space and operative to perform communication by using as a communication medium a dielectric including a human body, and acquiring identification information recorded on the communication terminal; first notification means for notifying the third information processing apparatus of the identification information; and addition means for reading the last point addition date recorded on the communication terminal and, if the last point addition date is not today, adding to the communication terminal visitation points earned in correspondence with the fact that the person visited the space; wherein each of the plurality of second information processing apparatuses includes: detection means for detecting a person who visited the area; second acquisition means for acquiring identification information recorded on the communication terminal worn on the person detected by the detection means; wherein the third information processing apparatus includes: first receiver means for receiving the identification information notified from the first information processing apparatus; storing means for storing at least earned points, the last visitation date, and a date on which the visitation points were earned, in association with the identification information on the communication terminal, and modifying the stored last visitation date in correspondence with the identification information inputted from the first receiver means; and update means for, if the last visitation date stored in the storing means and the date on which the visitation points were earned differ from each other, adding visitation points to the earned points stored in the storing means, and updating the date on which the visitation points were earned into the last visitation date.