COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT WITH IC CARD R/W

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable information processing terminals 32 such as personal computers in a house to read and write an IC card and have an Internet communication by using one device in common. SOLUTION: Communication equipment 31 is connected between terminals 32 and a communication line 33 and when an outgoing address from the communication line 35 of one terminal 32 to an authentication provider 51 or a server 52A under its control is detected, the adequacy of the user of the terminal 32 is checked by the provider 51 by using authentication information of the IC card 22 loaded in an IC card R/W part 41. When the IC card is accessed from the R/W line of the terminal 32, processing is carried out by associating application data on the IC card 22 loaded in the IC card R/W part 41 and a corresponding program on the terminal 32.