Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing system

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit that reads, from a memory area of an IC chip, identification information of a service including at least any one of a wire communication service via an external wire communication or a wireless communication service via an external wireless communication, which use the memory area of the IC chip. The information processing apparatus also includes an acquisition unit that acquires service information to allow a user to use a service from an external server by transmitting the identification information of the service which the reading unit has read to the external server, and includes a display unit that displays to allow the user to use the service based on the service information which the acquisition unit has acquired.

The invention is claimed as follows: 
     
         1 . A communication device comprising;
 an IC chip configured to store information corresponding to a plurality of electronic money services;   an application manager unit configured to manage the plurality of electronic money services based on processing a main service identification and a related service identification; and   a display unit configured to display a list of the plurality of electronic money services based on the processing.   
     
     
         2 . The communication device according to  claim 1 , wherein a first application used by a first electronic money service owns a first area of the IC chip. 
     
     
         3 . The communication device according to  claim 2 , wherein a second application used a service other than the first electronic money service owns a second area of the IC chip. 
     
     
         4 . The communication device according to  claim 3 , wherein the list includes at least one electronic money service that does not use an application. 
     
     
         5 . A method comprising:
 storing information corresponding to a plurality of electronic money services on an IC chip in a communication device;   managing the plurality of electronic money services based on processing a main service identification and a related service identification; and   displaying a list of the plurality of electronic money services based on the processing.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , further comprising transmitting the main service identification to a service information distribution server. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , further comprising transmitting the related service identification to the service information distribution server. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , further comprising receiving distribution information from the service information distribution server. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein a first application used by a first electronic money service owns a first area of the IC chip. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein a second application used a service other than the first electronic money service owns a second area of the IC chip. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the list includes at least one electronic money service that does not use an application