Information processing apparatus and portable terminal as well as information processing method

An information processing method comprising:

• causing an information acquisition unit to issue, using terminal information indicative of an information terminal that performs authentication of an information storage medium without performing short-range wireless communication with the information storage medium, an authentication process request for the information storage medium to an information processing apparatus and acquire, from the information processing apparatus, approval information that is to be used when a result of authentication of the information storage medium is to be acquired from the information processing apparatus by the information terminal;
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• causing a display unit to perform display based on the approval information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an authentication processing unit that outputs an authentication information request to a portable terminal in response to an authentication process request for an information storage medium from the portable terminal, the authentication process request being made by using terminal information indicative of an information terminal that performs authentication of the information storage medium without performing short-range wireless communication with the information storage medium, performs authentication of the information storage medium on a basis of an authentication information answer supplied from the portable terminal, and outputs, to the portable terminal, approval information that is to be used when a result of authentication of the information storage medium is to be acquired from the information processing apparatus by the information terminal.

An information processing method comprising:

• outputting an authentication information request to a portable terminal in response to an authentication process request for an information storage medium from the portable terminal using terminal information indicative of an information terminal that performs authentication of the information storage medium without performing short-range wireless communication with the information storage medium, performing authentication of the information storage medium on a basis of an authentication information answer supplied from the portable terminal, and outputting approval information that is to be used when a result of authentication of the information storage medium is to be acquired from the information processing apparatus by the information terminal, from an authentication processing unit, to the portable terminal.