Information Distribution System, Information Display Apparatus, Information Management Method, and Computer Readable Medium

An information distribution system comprising:

• an information reading apparatus reading out data from an information medium;
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• an information display apparatus having an information acquisition unit for acquiring the data read by said information reading apparatus, an authentication setting unit for carrying out setting processing of authentication information relevant to the data acquired by said information acquisition unit only when said information reading apparatus is in a state of connection with the relevant information display apparatus, a display for displaying the data acquired by said information acquisition unit, an authentication unit for carrying out authentication processing on the basis of the authentication information set by said authentication setting unit, and a display limitation unit for permitting the data to be displayed or inhibiting the data from being displayed by said display according to the result of authentication by said authentication unit.

A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

• imposing display limitations on the data acquired from an external device according to the state of connection between said external device and said computer.