Dual-purpose portable card, a communication system, a communication method, a terminal apparatus, and a computer-readable record medium recording a program

A communication system comprising a portable card, a first terminal apparatus, and a second terminal apparatus, wherein

• the portable card contains an integrated device set to either a first mode or a second mode, wherein in the first mode, a predetermined process is performed and in the second mode, a process that requires higher security than the first mode is performed,
• the first terminal apparatus includes
• a first communicating unit operable to, when the portable card approaches the first terminal apparatus, set the integrated device to the first mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device, and
• the second terminal apparatus includes
• a box which contains an antenna and is electromagnetically shielded so that a radio wave having over a predetermined level of power does not leak from the terminal apparatus, and
• a second communicating unit operable to, after the portable card is inserted into the box, set the integrated device to the second mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device.

A communication method for use in a communication system comprising a portable card, a first terminal apparatus, and a second terminal apparatus, wherein

• the portable card contains an integrated device set to either a first mode or a second mode, wherein in the first mode, a predetermined process is performed and in the second mode, a process that requires higher security than the first mode is performed,
• the first terminal apparatus includes
• a first communicating unit operable to, when the portable card approaches the first terminal apparatus, set the integrated device to the first mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device, and
• the second terminal apparatus includes
• a box which contains an antenna and is electromagnetically shielded so that a radio wave having over a predetermined level of power does not leak from the terminal apparatus, and
• a second communicating unit operable to, after the portable card is inserted into the box, set the integrated device to the second mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device.

A terminal apparatus which inputs or outputs data to/from a portable card, wherein

• the portable card contains an integrated device set to either a first mode or a second mode, wherein in the first mode, a predetermined process is performed and in the second mode, a process that requires higher security than the first mode is performed,
• the terminal apparatus includes
• a first communicating unit operable to, when a distance between the portable card and the terminal apparatus is in a range of a second distance to a third distance, set the integrated device to the first mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device, and
• a second communicating unit operable to, when the portable card is a first distance or shorter away from the terminal apparatus, set the integrated device to the second mode and then input or output data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device.

A computer-readable record medium recording a program that inputs or outputs data to/from a portable card, wherein

• the portable card contains an integrated device set to either a first mode or a second mode, wherein in the first mode, a predetermined process is performed and in the second mode, a process that requires higher security than the first mode is performed, and
• the program allows the computer to perform
• a first communicating step for, when a distance between the portable card and a terminal apparatus is in a range of a second distance to a third distance, setting the integrated device to the first mode and then inputting or outputting data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device, and
• a second communicating step for, when the portable card is a first distance or shorter away from the terminal apparatus, setting the integrated device to the second mode and then inputting or outputting data to/from the integrated device by transmitting or receiving a radio wave to/from the integrated device without contacting the integrated device.