Patent ID: 8896544

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a reader configured to read pattern information formed by conductive material and an input from a user's finger, the pattern information having an embedded code for accessing data; circuitry configured to: determine whether a read object read according to the user's operation is one of the pattern information and the finger based on capacitance data characteristics of the read object which includes at least one of edge characteristics, dynamic range, and frequency characteristics, and without detecting any visible information or capturing an image of the read object, wherein when the circuitry determines that the read object is the pattern information, the reader reads the pattern information, without detecting any visible information or capturing an image of the pattern information, and obtains the embedded code; and execute a predetermined processing based on the pattern information read by the reader, wherein the reader reads the pattern information and the input from the user's finger by using a capacitive touch screen which receives an input at a same surface as a display screen of the information processing apparatus, and the reader reads the pattern information, without detecting any visible information or capturing an image of the pattern information, when the pattern information is in contact with or in proximity to the capacitive touch screen.