Patent ID: 8073488

Claim:
An information processing device, comprising: a plurality of processing devices each associated with a respective unique device information item; a relay device configured to acquire a specified processing request using non-contact communication, wherein each of the processing devices include at least one processing function associated with a unique function information item, and comprise a function determination portion configured to determine whether the processing device includes a processing function corresponding to a specified function information item when the specified function information item is received from the relay device, and a device information item notification portion configured to transmit the device information item for the processing device to the relay device when the function determination portion determines that the processing device includes the processing function corresponding to the specified function information item, and the relay device includes a storage portion configured to store the device information items corresponding to the processing devices, a function information item transmission portion configured to transmit the specified function information item simultaneously to the plurality of the processing devices, and a device information item recording portion configured to record, in the storage portion, the device information items transmitted from the processing devices in accordance with the specified function information item transmitted by the function information item transmission portion, and the relay device is configured to select one of the processing devices that corresponds to the specified processing function based on the device information items that are recorded in the storage portion, and transmit the processing request to the selected processing device when the relay device receives the processing request for a specified one of the processing functions.