Patent ID: 7886981

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a magnetic-field generation apparatus configured to generate a magnetic field having a magnetic-flux density changing with time; and an information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an electronic device, the information processing apparatus having a reader/writer function and an IC card function, the information processing apparatus configured to perform the IC card function upon detection of a card detection signal transmitted from a reader/writer apparatus; and the information processing apparatus including: an antenna configured to cause an induced voltage to be generated from the magnetic field upon operation of the reader/writer function the antenna configured to cause an induced voltage to be generated from a magnetic field from the reader/writer apparatus upon operation of the IC card function; supply means for supplying electrical power to each section of the information processing apparatus, the electrical power obtained by rectifying the generated induced voltage; verification means for verifying whether the electronic device in a communicable state is an authorized device on the basis of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic-field generation apparatus upon operation of the reader/writer function; and output means for outputting, to another device, output information for allowing the another device connected to the information processing apparatus to operate, the output information being obtained from transmission information transmitted from the electronic device upon verification of the electronic device as the authorized device.