JP7707069B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, information processing system, and program - Google Patents

Description

This technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program, and in particular to an information processing device, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program that expand the degree of freedom in classifying services that can be recorded in a recording unit, thereby enabling a user to use the services intended for each service classification.

Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose technologies for using services (electronic money) on mobile terminals that support short-range wireless communication.

JP 2013-069238 A Special Publication No. 2015-515695

It is desirable to expand the freedom of classification of services (electronic money, train tickets, airline tickets, membership cards, etc.) that can be recorded in a recording unit such as a contactless IC chip mounted on a mobile terminal, etc., so that users can use the services they intend for each service classification.

This technology was developed in response to these circumstances, expanding the freedom of classification of services that can be recorded in the recording unit, allowing users to use the services they intend for each service classification.

According to a first aspect of the present technology, an information processing device includes a contactless IC chip having a recording unit that records information for enabling the use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state, and a processing unit that sets the status information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system type included in the category is in a valid state. The system type is information used when a device that performs proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.

An information processing method according to a first aspect of the present technology is an information processing method including: a recording unit of an information processing device having a contactless IC chip having a recording unit and a processing unit, the recording unit recording information for enabling use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state; and the processing unit setting the status information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category is in a valid state. The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.

A program according to a first aspect of the present technology is a program for causing a computer to execute a process of recording, in a recording unit of a contactless IC chip, information for enabling the use of each of a plurality of services, system types associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state, and a process of setting the status information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category is in a valid state. The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.

In the information processing device, information processing method, and program of the first aspect of the present technology, information for enabling the use of each of a plurality of services, system types associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a state in which it can be used effectively or is in an invalid state are recorded, and for a category including a plurality of the system types, the status information is set so that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category is in a state in which it can be used effectively.

According to a second aspect of the present technology, an information processing system includes a contactless IC chip having a recording unit for recording information for enabling the use of each of a plurality of services, system types associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state, a processing unit for setting the status information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category is in a valid state, and a server device for supplying the system types included in the category to the processing unit. The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.

In the information processing system according to the second aspect of the present technology, information for enabling the use of each of a plurality of services, system types associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state are recorded, and the status information is set for a category including a plurality of the system types such that one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category is in a valid state. The system types included in the category are supplied.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present technology is applied. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of services registered in a contactless IC chip. 11 is a diagram showing information recorded in a memory of a contactless IC chip regarding services registered in the contactless IC chip. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of category data indicating the relationship between categories and system types. FIG. This is a diagram showing that service A with a system type of 0001 and service C with a system type of 0002 are in a valid state. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which a reader/writer alternately performs polling for service A and polling for service C. FIG. FIG. 13 shows a state in which service A is enabled and service C is disabled by setting the enabled or disabled state of each service using a category. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the non-contact IC chip in the state shown in FIG. 7 is held over the reader/writer in FIG. 6 . FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a process for setting a service to an enabled or disabled state. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a first example of processing performed by a CPU of a mobile terminal when registering a service in a contactless IC chip. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a second example of processing performed by a CPU of a mobile terminal when registering a service in a contactless IC chip, in which a newly registered service is registered in a valid state. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by a CPU of a mobile terminal when a service registered in a contactless IC chip is switched to an active state. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer that executes a series of processes according to a program.

Below, we will explain the implementation form of this technology with reference to the drawings.

<<One embodiment of an information processing system to which the present technology is applied>>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present technology is applied.

In FIG. 1 , an information processing system 1 includes a mobile terminal 11 and a management server 12 .

The mobile terminal 11 may be, for example, a smartphone, but may also be a mobile phone, a tablet, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, or a wearable computer.

The mobile terminal 11 has a display 21, a display control unit 22, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 23, a non-contact IC chip 24, an input unit 25, a memory unit 26, and a wireless communication unit 27.

The display 21 is installed, for example, on the front of the housing of the mobile terminal 11.

The display control unit 22 generates an image and displays it on the display 21.

The CPU 23 executes a predetermined program and controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 11. The CPU 23 controls each part and exchanges data with each part via the bus 28.

The contactless IC chip 24 is a chip that complies with NFC (Near Field Communication) such as FeliCa (registered trademark). The contactless IC chip 24 supports contactless close-proximity communication with a communication distance of about 10 cm.

The non-contact IC chip 24 also includes a near-field communication unit 31 and a memory (recording unit) 32.

The proximity communication unit 31 performs proximity communication with a nearby proximity communication device or a non-contact IC chip of another mobile terminal. The proximity communication unit 31 receives information from a device connected by proximity communication and supplies it to the memory 32, and transmits information read from the memory 32 to an external device connected by proximity communication.

In addition, the CPU 23 can directly read and write data to the memory 32 of the non-contact IC chip 24 via the bus 28.

The input unit 25 detects user operations on a touch panel provided on the display surface or buttons provided on the housing, and supplies the detected operations to the CPU 23 via the bus 28.

The memory unit 26 stores program data for applications executed by the CPU 23 and data for various saved files.

The wireless communication unit 27 includes a wireless communication interface using a mobile phone line such as 3G, 4G, or LTE (Long Term Evolution). The wireless communication unit 27 also includes a wireless communication interface using a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). The wireless communication unit 27 also includes a short-range wireless communication interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). The wireless communication unit 27 connects to the management server 12 via a wireless connection with a base station, an access point, or the like.

The management server 12 supplies information to be written to the memory 32, for example when registering a service in the contactless IC chip 24, to the mobile terminal 11 via a mobile phone line or the Internet.

<Examples of services registered in contactless IC chips>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of services registered in the non-contact IC chip 24 of FIG.

The contactless IC chip 24 stores information that enables the use of services on the contactless IC chip 24 of the mobile terminal 11, in place of an IC card required to use services provided by a business operator. Services that can be registered on the contactless IC chip 24 and used include services related to electronic money, train tickets, airline tickets, membership cards, points, and tickets.

Figure 2 shows an example in which five types of services, with service names Service A, Service B, Service C, Service D, and Service E, are registered in the contactless IC chip 24. Two contracts are registered for Service D. For example, if you want to use the same service for both business and personal use, the same service may be registered multiple times.

2, a system type is recorded in the contactless IC chip 24 corresponding to each service registered in the contactless IC chip 24. The system type is a code that is assigned in advance to a service that can be registered in the contactless IC chip 24.

The system type assigned to each service is pre-stored in the memory unit 26 or incorporated into the program of the application that registers the service to the contactless IC chip 24. When a service is registered to the contactless IC chip 24, the system type corresponding to the service is obtained from the memory unit 26 etc., associated with the service, and recorded in the memory 32 of the contactless IC 24 together with other information related to the service.

The system type indicates the type of service when services are classified according to the provider providing the service and the purpose of the service.

When a user wants to use a service registered in the contactless IC chip 24, the user holds the contactless IC chip 24 over a reader/writer installed by the service provider. At this time, the reader/writer searches for services that can be used with the reader/writer installed by the service provider, from among the services registered in the contactless IC chip 24, by system type.

The reader/writer then obtains information on the service that corresponds to the searched system type from the contactless IC chip 24. Therefore, the system type is also information used when the reader/writer searches for the service of the contactless IC chip 24.

In the example of Figure 2, the system type of service A and the system type of service B are both 0001, indicating that service A and service B belong to the same system type. The system type of service C is 0002, the system type of service D is 0003, and the system type of service E is 0004, meaning that services C to E each have a different system type. Note that the system types shown in Figure 2 are examples and will differ from the actual system types.

In addition, for each service registered in the contactless IC chip 24, information is recorded as to whether it is in a state in which it can be used effectively (called an active state, or ACTIVATED) or a state in which it cannot be used effectively (called an inactive state, or DEACTIVATED).

In Figure 2, service A is in an active state, and one of the two contracts for service D is in an active state.

<Information recorded in the memory of the contactless IC chip>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing information recorded in the memory 32 of the contactless IC chip 24 regarding services registered in the contactless IC chip 24. As shown in FIG.

In Figure 3, the registration file name indicates the name (code) of the registration file created each time a service is registered, and information related to one service is managed as information belonging to one registration file. In memory 32, six registration files with registration file names Card 1 to Card 6 have been created to correspond to the registration of the six services in Figure 2.

In Fig. 3, the registration file name indicates the name (code) of a registration file created each time a service is registered, and information related to one service is managed as information belonging to one registration file. In memory 32, six registration files with registration file names Card 1 to Card 6 are created in correspondence with the registration of the six services in Fig. 2.

In addition, the enabled and disabled states of each service are controlled using a new concept of categories that classify services.

<Example of category data showing the relationship between categories and system types>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of category data indicating the relationship between categories and system types.

In FIG. 4, category data is data indicating a category and the system types included in that category. There are multiple types of categories, for example, a, b, c, ..., m, and each category a, b, c, ..., m has a predetermined system type included therein. And to each category a, b, c, ..., m belongs a service that is associated with the system type included in the category.

For example, category a includes services whose system types are 0001 and 0002. Category b includes services whose system types are 0003 and 0004. Note that a category may include only one system type.

In the example of Figure 3, service A and service B with a system type of 0001, and service C with a system type of 0002 belong to category a. Service D with a system type of 0003 (registered file names are Card 4 and Card 5) and service E with a system type of 0004 belong to category b. Note that there may be services that do not belong to any category.

This classification of services by category will be changed as appropriate in accordance with the actual circumstances of the provision of services. In addition, the classification of services by category will increase the freedom of classification of services.

In other words, categories classify services by combinations of system types, allowing for control over the enabling/disabling of each service that is not possible when services are classified solely by system type.

For example, when a user wants to use a service registered in the contactless IC chip 24, the user holds the contactless IC chip 24 of the mobile terminal 11 over a reader/writer installed by the service provider.

The reader/writer performs polling at regular intervals to search for services of a predetermined system type. When the contactless IC chip 24 is held over the reader/writer, the reader/writer obtains from the contactless IC chip 24 information about services of the system type being searched for by polling, among the services registered in the contactless IC chip 24 and in an active state.

At this time, assume that multiple services with the same system type are set to an enabled state in the non-contact IC chip 24. For example, assume that in FIG. 3, service A and service B with system type 0001 are both enabled, and the reader/writer is polling for service A (searching for a service with system type 0001).

In this case, both service A and service B are searched for by the reader/writer, and it is unclear which of service A and service B to use. This type of problem can be avoided by setting a restriction in the contactless IC chip 24 that sets only one service of the same system type to an active state.

In response to this, in order for an operator to make services of multiple system types available, for example to make services of both system types 0001 and 0002 available, the reader/writer may alternate between polling to search for services of multiple system types.

Now, in Figure 3, assume that service A with system type 0001 and service C with system type 0002 are set to an enabled state.

<When category data is not available>
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing that service A with a system type of 0001 and service C with a system type of 0002 are in a valid state.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the reader/writer alternately performs polling for service A (searching for a service whose system type is 0001) and polling for service C (searching for a service whose system type is 0002).

Figure 6 shows the reader/writer 51 alternating between polling for service A and polling for service C.

When a user holds the contactless IC chip 24 of the mobile terminal 11 over the reader/writer 51, whether the reader/writer 51 acquires information for service A or service C depends on whether the reader/writer 51 was performing polling for service A or polling for service C when the contactless IC chip 24 was held over the reader/writer.

A user may not be aware that they can use both service A and service C, which can lead to an unforeseen situation where they intend to use service A but end up unintentionally using service C instead.

Such situations cannot be avoided by simply restricting services of the same system type to only one enabled state.

<If there is categorical data>
Therefore, when the reader/writer 51 polls for services of multiple system types, the combination of the multiple system types is classified into one category, and, for example, the management server 12 in FIG. 1 provides the category data shown in FIG. 4 to the mobile terminal 11.

In the mobile terminal 11, when a service is registered in the contactless IC chip 24, or when a service already registered in the contactless IC chip 24 is switched from an invalid state to an valid state, the category data is referenced and a restriction is imposed that only one service belonging to the same category is set to an valid state.

For example, in the example shown in Figure 5, service A with a system type of 0001 and service C with a system type of 0002 belong to the same category a, so at least one of service A and service C can be set to an active state.

Figure 7 shows a state in which service A is enabled and service C is disabled by setting the enabled or disabled state of each service using category data.

Figure 8 shows the appearance when the contactless IC chip 24 in the state shown in Figure 7 is held over the reader/writer 51 in Figure 6.

Even when the reader/writer 51 alternates between polling for service A and polling for service C as shown in Fig. 8, by restricting services belonging to the same category to be set to an active state using category data, for example, only service A will be active. This avoids the problem of service C being used unintentionally by the user.

Here, a category may be defined as a classification of services that belong to multiple system types and are grouped together for a reader/writer that reads services of multiple system types. The more locations where the same type of reader/writer is used, the greater the effect of setting only one service belonging to a category to an enabled state.

In addition, since the reader/writers used for transportation services are often capable of reading services of multiple system types, creating a category that includes multiple transportation system types is particularly useful. Similarly, for electronic money, a category can be created that includes multiple system types associated with electronic money.

<Overview of the process for setting a service to an enabled or disabled state>
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a process for setting a service to an enabled or disabled state.

In states 61, 62, 63, and 64 of Figure 9, the mobile terminal 11 is shown to include a contactless IC chip 24, an application 71, and middleware 72.

The non-contact IC chip 24 is the non-contact IC chip 24 of Figure 1 mounted on the mobile terminal 11.

Application 71 refers to a program that is launched by user operation when registering a new service in the contactless IC chip 24 or when switching the enabled/disabled state of an already registered service, and is executed by CPU 23.

Middleware 72 is a program that is started upon request from application 71 and executed by CPU 23, and that executes processing related to contactless IC chip 24. Middleware application 73 is part of middleware 72, and is a program involved in data operations on memory 32 of contactless IC chip 24.

State 61 in Figure 9 shows a state in which only one service A belonging to category a is registered in the contactless IC chip 24. Service A is in an active state (ACTIVATED). State 61 in Figure 9 shows that, of the services shown in Figure 3, service A with the registered file name Card 1 is registered in the contactless IC chip 24. Category information is not recorded in the memory 32 of the contactless IC chip 24, but may be recorded.

State 62 in Figure 9 shows a state in which the user newly registers service B belonging to category a in the contactless IC chip 24. Note that state 62 in Figure 9 shows a situation in which service B, of the services exemplified in Figure 3, with the registration file name Card 2, is registered in the contactless IC chip 24. When the user performs an operation to register service B in category a from the execution screen of application 71, middleware application 73 obtains from the category data in Figure 4 that the category to which service B belongs is category a.

That is, the middleware application 73 obtains that the system type of service B is 0002 (see Figure 3), and that since a service with a system type of 0002 in the category data of Figure 4 belongs to category a, service B is in category a.

The category data is managed by the management server 12 (see FIG. 1). The middleware application 73 may obtain the category data from the management server 12 when, for example, registering a service. The category data may also be managed by the middleware 72.

The category data may also be stored in advance in the storage unit 26 (see FIG. 1). When the category data is stored in the storage unit 26, the latest category data may be obtained from the management server 12 as appropriate and the category data in the storage unit 26 may be updated. The category data may be changed as appropriate to suit the actual situation.

Furthermore, the middleware application 73 obtains from the category data that the category of service A registered in the contactless IC chip 24 is category a.

Then, since the category a of the newly registered service B is the same as the category a of the already registered service A, the middleware application 73 registers the service B in the non-contact IC chip 24 in an invalid state. This prevents multiple services belonging to the same category a from being set to an active state.

State 63 in Figure 9 shows a state in which the user further newly registers service C belonging to category a in the contactless IC chip 24. Note that state 63 in Figure 9 shows a situation in which service C, whose registered file name is card 3, among the services exemplified in Figure 3, is registered in the contactless IC chip 24.

When the user performs an operation to register service C in category a from the execution screen of application 71, middleware application 73 obtains from the category data in Figure 4 that the category to which service C belongs is category a.

In addition, the middleware application 73 obtains from the category data in Figure 4 that the category to which service A, a service that is registered in the contactless IC chip 24 and is in an active state, belongs is category a.

Then, since the category a of the newly registered service C is the same as the category a of the service A that has already been registered and is in an enabled state, the middleware application 73 registers the service C in an disabled state in the contactless IC chip 24. This prevents multiple services belonging to the same category a from being set in an enabled state.

State 64 in Figure 9 represents a state in which a user switches service B belonging to category a from an disabled state to an enabled state.

When the user performs an operation to switch service B in category a from disabled to enabled on the execution screen of application 71, middleware application 73 obtains from the category data in Figure 4 that the category to which service B belongs is category a.

Furthermore, the middleware application 73 obtains from the category data in Figure 4 that the category to which service A, a service that is registered in the contactless IC chip 24 and is in an active state, belongs is category a.

Then, middleware application 73 switches service A, which belongs to the same category a as service B that is to be switched to the enabled state, to the disabled state. After that, middleware application 73 switches service B to the enabled state.

This prevents multiple services belonging to the same category a from being set to an active state. It also allows users to select the services they want to use for each category.

<Processing when registering for service>
(First Process)
FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining a first example of processing that is performed when the CPU 23 of the mobile terminal 11 registers a service in the non-contact IC chip 24 .

In step S11, the CPU 23 executes the program of the application 71 according to the user's specifications, and acquires the type of service to be newly registered and the information required for registration based on the user's operation. Processing proceeds from step S11 to step S12.

In step S12, the CPU 23 executes the program of the middleware application 73 (hereinafter, the CPU 23 similarly executes the program of the middleware application 73, and the middleware application 73 executes each process), and obtains the category of the service to be registered, specified in step S11, from the category data in Fig. 4. Processing proceeds from step S12 to step S13.

In step S13, the middleware application 73 obtains from the category data the category to which the service that is registered in the non-contact IC chip 24 and is in an enabled state belongs. Processing proceeds from step S13 to step S14.

In step S14, the middleware application 73 determines whether or not a category identical to the category of the service to be registered obtained in step S12 is present among the categories obtained in step S13.

That is, the middleware application 73 determines whether there is a service among the registered services that belongs to the same category as the service to be registered and is in an enabled state.

If it is determined in step S14 that there is no registered service that belongs to the same category as the service to be registered and is in a valid state, processing proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the middleware application 73 registers the service to be registered in a valid state in the contactless IC chip 24. When the processing of step S15 is completed, the processing of this flowchart ends.

If it is determined in step S14 that there is a service among the registered services that belongs to the same category as the service to be registered and is valid, processing proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, the middleware application 73 registers the service to be registered in an invalid state in the contactless IC chip 24. When the processing of step S16 is completed, the processing of this flowchart is terminated.

As described above, in the first processing example, if a service of the same category as the newly registered service is registered in an enabled state, the newly registered service is registered in an disabled state.

As a result, in the first processing example, multiple services of the same category are prevented from being set to an enabled state.

In addition, when registering a new service, if a service of the same category as the newly registered service is already registered, the newly registered service may be registered in an invalid state regardless of whether the already registered service is valid or invalid.

This also prevents multiple services of the same category from being set to enabled.

However, in this case, all services may be disabled, so if necessary, the desired services can be switched to an enabled state and used by the service activation process described below with reference to Figure 12.

(Second Processing)
In the first processing example, an example has been described in which a newly registered service is registered in an invalid state when a service of the same category as the newly registered service is registered in an valid state, but the newly registered service may also be registered in a valid state.

Figure 11 is a flowchart illustrating a second example of processing performed by the CPU 23 of the mobile terminal 11 when registering a service in the non-contact IC chip 24, with the newly registered service being registered in an enabled state.

The processing from step S21 to step S25 in Figure 11 is the same as the processing from step S11 to step S15 in Figure 10, so the explanation will be omitted.

In step S26, the middleware application 73 executed by the CPU 23 switches the services that belong to the same category as the service to be registered and that are in an enabled state to an disabled state. Processing proceeds from step S26 to step S27.

In step S27, the middleware application 73 registers the service to be registered in a valid state in the contactless IC chip 24. When the processing of step S27 is completed, the processing of this flowchart is terminated.

In the first processing example shown in Figure 10, if a service of the same category as the newly registered service is registered in an enabled state, the newly registered service is registered in an disabled state.

In contrast, in the second processing example shown in FIG. 11, if a service of the same category as the service to be newly registered is registered in an enabled state, the service registered in an enabled state is disabled, and the newly registered service is registered in an enabled state. In both the first and second processing examples, multiple services of the same category are prevented from being set to an enabled state.

<Service activation process>
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing that is performed when the CPU 23 of the mobile terminal 11 switches a service registered in the non-contact IC chip 24 to an active state.

In step S31, the CPU 23 executes the program of the application 71 according to the user's specification, and acquires, based on the user's operation, from among the services registered in the non-contact IC chip 24, a service to be switched from an invalid state to an valid state. Processing proceeds from step S31 to step S32.

In step S32, the CPU 23 executes the program of the middleware application 73 (hereinafter, the CPU 23 similarly executes the program of the middleware application 73, and the middleware application 73 executes each process), and obtains the category of the service to be switched (first service) specified in step S31 from the category data in Fig. 4. Processing proceeds from step S32 to step S33.

In step S33, the middleware application 73 obtains from the category data the category to which the service that is registered in the non-contact IC chip 24 and is in an enabled state belongs. Processing proceeds from step S33 to step S34.

In step S34, the middleware application 73 determines whether or not a category identical to the category of the service to be switched obtained in step S32 is present among the categories obtained in step S33.

That is, the middleware application 73 determines whether there is a service (second service) among the registered services that belongs to the same category as the service to be switched and is in an enabled state.

If it is determined in step S34 that there is no registered service that belongs to the same category as the service to be switched and is in an active state, processing proceeds to step S35.

In step S35, the middleware application 73 switches the service to be switched from an disabled state to an enabled state. When the processing of step S35 is completed, the processing of this flowchart ends.

If it is determined in step S34 that there is a service among the registered services that belongs to the same category as the service to be switched and is in an active state, processing proceeds to step S36.

In step S36, the middleware application 73 switches the services that belong to the same category as the service to be switched and that are in an enabled state to an disabled state. Processing proceeds from step S36 to step S37.

In step S37, the middleware application 73 switches the service to be switched from an disabled state to an enabled state. When the processing of step S37 is completed, the processing of this flowchart is terminated.

The above service activation process prevents multiple services belonging to the same category from being set to an enabled state.

In the flowcharts of Figures 10 to 12 above, when multiple services belonging to the same category are registered in the contactless IC chip 24, only one service is enabled.

However, for specific services, multiple services may be set to an active state even if they belong to the same category. A specific service is, for example, multiple services that the user has specified to be set to an active state even if they belong to the same category.

In this case, since the user intends that any of the specific services may be used, it does not go against the user's intention whether any of the specific services is used.

<Program>
A part or all of the processing performed by the CPU 23 of the mobile terminal in Fig. 1 can be executed by hardware or software. When a series of processes is executed by software, the programs constituting the software are installed in a computer. Here, the computer includes a computer built into dedicated hardware, and a general-purpose personal computer, for example, that can execute various functions by installing various programs.

Figure 13 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer that executes the above-mentioned series of processes using a program.

In the computer, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 202, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203 are interconnected by a bus 204.

An input/output interface 205 is further connected to the bus 204. An input unit 206, an output unit 207, a memory unit 208, a communication unit 209, and a drive 210 are connected to the input/output interface 205.

The input unit 206 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, etc. The output unit 207 includes a display, a speaker, etc. The storage unit 208 includes a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, etc. The communication unit 209 includes a network interface, etc. The drive 210 drives removable media 211 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.

In a computer configured as described above, the CPU 201 performs the above-mentioned series of processes, for example, by loading a program stored in the memory unit 208 into the RAM 203 via the input/output interface 205 and the bus 204 and executing it.

The program executed by the computer (CPU 201) can be provided, for example, by recording it on removable media 211 such as a package medium. The program can also be provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting.

In a computer, a program can be installed in the storage unit 208 via the input/output interface 205 by inserting the removable medium 211 into the drive 210. The program can also be received by the communication unit 209 via a wired or wireless transmission medium and installed in the storage unit 208. Alternatively, the program can be pre-installed in the ROM 202 or the storage unit 208.

The program executed by the computer may be a program in which processing is performed chronologically in the order described in this specification, or a program in which processing is performed in parallel or at the required timing, such as when called.

The present technology can also be configured as follows.
<1> A recording unit that records a plurality of services and a system type associated with the plurality of services;
and a processing unit that sets, for a category including one or more of the system types, one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category to a state where it can be effectively used.
<2> The information processing device according to <1>, wherein the system type is information indicating a type of the service.
<3> The information processing device according to <1> or <2>, wherein the system type is information used when searching for the service recorded in the recording unit.
<4> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <3>, wherein the system types included in the categories are supplied from a server device.
<5> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <4>, further comprising: a storage unit that stores the system types included in the categories.
<6> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <5>, wherein, when causing the recording unit to record a new service, the processing unit sets the new service to an invalid state and causes the new service to be recorded in the recording unit.
<7> An information processing device described in any one of <1> to <6>, wherein when a new service is recorded in the recording unit, if a service that belongs to the same category as the new service and is set to a valid state for use is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the new service to an invalid state and records it in the recording unit.
<8> An information processing device described in any of <1> to <7>, wherein when a new service is recorded in the recording unit, if a service that belongs to the same category as the new service and is set to a validly usable state is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the service that was set to a validly usable state to an invalid state, sets the new service to a validly usable state, and records it in the recording unit.
<9> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <8>, wherein the processing unit switches and sets a service that is recorded in the recording unit and that is set to an invalid state to a state in which the service can be used effectively.
<10> An information processing device described in any of <1> to <9>, wherein when switching a first service recorded in the recording unit and set to an invalid state to a state where it can be used effectively, if a second service belonging to the same category as the first service and set to a state where it can be used effectively is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the second service to an invalid state and switches and sets the first service to a state where it can be used effectively.
<11> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <10>, wherein the category includes a plurality of system types associated with transportation-related services.
<12> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <11>, further comprising a non-contact IC chip having the recording unit.
<13> The information processing device according to <12>, wherein the system type is information used by a device performing near-field communication with the contactless IC chip to search for the service recorded in the recording unit.
<14> The information processing device according to any one of <1> to <13>, wherein the specific service is a service that is designated by a user to be set in an active usable state.
<15> A recording unit,
a processing unit; and an information processing device, the recording unit recording a plurality of services and a system type associated with the plurality of services;
The information processing method, wherein the processing unit sets, for a category including one or more of the system types, one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category to a state where it can be effectively used.
<16> A recording unit that records a plurality of services and a system type associated with the plurality of services;
a processing unit that sets, for a category including one or more of the system types, one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category to a state where it can be effectively used;
and a server device that supplies the system type included in the category to the processing unit.
<17> To a computer,
A process of causing a recording unit to record a plurality of services and a system type associated with the plurality of services;
A program for executing a process of setting, for a category including one or more of the system types, one or a specific service among the services associated with the system types included in the category to a state where it can be effectively used.

11 Mobile terminal, 12 Management server, 21 Display, 22 Display control unit, 23 CPU, 24 Non-contact IC chip, 25 Input unit, 26 Storage unit, 27 Wireless communication unit, 31 Near field communication unit, 32 Memory, 51 Reader/writer

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a contactless IC chip having a recording unit for recording information for enabling use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid or invalid state;
a processing unit that sets the state information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category is in a valid usable state ;
The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.
Information processing device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the system type is information indicating a type of service . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the system types included in the categories are supplied from a server apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a storage unit that stores the system types included in the categories. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when causing the recording section to record a new service, the processing section sets the state information so that the new service is in an invalid state. 2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when a new service is recorded in the recording unit, if a service that belongs to the same category as the new service and is set to a valid usable state is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the state information so that the new service is in an invalid state. 2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein when a new service is recorded in the recording unit, if a service that belongs to the same category as the new service and that is set to a validly usable state is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the status information so that the service that is set to a validly usable state becomes invalid, and sets the status information so that the new service becomes a validly usable state. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit sets the state information so as to switch a service that is recorded in the recording unit and set to an invalid state to a state in which the service can be used effectively. 2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein when a first service recorded in the recording unit and set to an invalid state is switched to a state in which it can be used effectively, if a second service that belongs to the same category as the first service and is set to a state in which it can be used effectively is recorded in the recording unit, the processing unit sets the state information so that the second service is set to an invalid state, and sets the state information so that the first service is switched to a state in which it can be used effectively. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the categories include a plurality of system types associated with transportation services. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific service is a service designated by a user to be set in an active and usable state. A non-contact IC chip having a recording unit;
a processing unit; and an information processing device including: a recording unit that records information for enabling use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with each of the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state;
The processing unit sets the state information for a category including a plurality of the system types so that one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category can be effectively used,
The system type is information used when an external device searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip via near-field communication.
Information processing methods. a contactless IC chip having a recording unit for recording information for enabling use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid or invalid state;
a processing unit that sets the state information for a category including one or more of the system types such that one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category is in a state where it can be effectively used;
a server device that supplies the system type included in the category to the processing unit ;
The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.
Information processing system. On the computer,
a process of recording, in a recording unit of the contactless IC chip, information for enabling use of each of a plurality of services, a system type associated with the plurality of services, and status information indicating whether each of the plurality of services is in a valid state or an invalid state;
and a process of setting the state information for a category including one or more of the system types, such that one or a specific service among services associated with the system types included in the category can be effectively used ,
The system type is information used when a device performing proximity communication with the contactless IC chip searches for a service recorded in the contactless IC chip.
program.

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