Information equipment management system, information equipment, personal identification apparatus, and recording medium

A personal identification apparatus which is portable and capable of acquiring biometric information of a carrying person thereof and thereby identifying said carrying person, comprising:

• an acquisition part for acquiring use approval/disapproval information of an information equipment relating to said carrying person, which is use approval/disapproval information managed by an information equipment management server, from said information equipment management server;
• a storage part for storing therein said use approval/disapproval information acquired from said information equipment management server;
• a determination part for determining approval or disapproval of use of said information equipment by said carrying person, on behalf of said information equipment management server, by using said use approval/disapproval information stored in said storage part of said personal identification apparatus, when an inquiry on whether said information equipment is usable or not by said carrying person is received;
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• a communication part for transmitting a determination result obtained by said determination part to said information equipment.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for recording therein a computer program to be executed by a computer embedded in a personal identification apparatus which is portable and capable of acquiring biometric information of a carrying person thereof and thereby identifying said carrying person, to cause said computer to perform the steps of:

• a) acquiring use approval/disapproval information of an information equipment relating to said carrying person, which is use approval/disapproval information managed by an information equipment management server, from said information equipment management server;
• b) storing said use approval/disapproval information acquired from said information equipment management server;
• c) determining approval or disapproval of use of said information equipment by said carrying person, on behalf of said information equipment management server, by using said use approval/disapproval information stored in said storage part of said personal identification apparatus, when an inquiry on whether said information equipment is usable or not by said carrying person is received;
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• d) transmitting a determination result obtained in said step c) to said information equipment.