Patent ID: 7991829

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising a memory area that stores a program to be executed by a computer and data, the portable electronic device connecting the computer and a server device in a communicable state, the portable electronic device first being physically connected to the computer to retrieve first connection information, the portable electronic device then being physically disconnected from the computer and physically connected to the server device to retrieve second connection information and authentication information from the server device, and the portable electronic device then being physically disconnected from the server device and physically re-connected to the computer to provide the second connection information and the authentication information retrieved from the server device, the computer then connecting to the server device using the second connection information and the authentication information, wherein the program includes: a first processing portion that, when the portable electronic device is physically connected to the server device, retrieves the second connection information from the server device and writes the second connection information in the memory area, the second connection information being necessary for obtaining a connection with the computer; and a second processing portion that, when the portable electronic device is physically connected to the computer, causes the computer to carry out a procedure for obtaining the connection with the server device, using the second connection information necessary for the connection written in the memory area.