Patent ID: 6840443

Claim:
A terminal apparatus which inputs or outputs data to/from a portable card, wherein the portable card contains an integrated device set to either a first mode or a second mode, wherein in the first mode, a predetermined process is performed and in the second mode, a process that requires higher security than the first mode is performed, the terminal apparatus includes a first communicating unit operable to, when a distance between the portable card and the terminal apparatus is in a range of a second distance to a third distance, set the integrated device to the first mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device, and a second communicating unit operable to, when the portable card is a first distance or shorter away from the terminal apparatus, set the integrated device to the second mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device.