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摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve personal authentication without performing the registration processing of personal authentication information based on a principal or the input processing of any password in the case of executing authentication. PSOLUTION: A digital broadcasting receiver detects that an IC card has been inserted into an IC card slot, and decides whether or not the IC card is an IC card for authentication, and when it is decides that IC card necessary for authentication has been inserted, obtains information (for example, URL) necessary for performing access from the IC card to an authentication server, and connects through an LAN terminal via the Internet to the authentication server. The digital broadcasting receiver obtains information (for example, card number of electronic mail address) necessary for authentication from the IC card, and transmits it to the authentication server. Afterwards, authentication processing is performed by the authentication server. The digital broadcasting receiver receives the authentication result from the authentication server, and makes a display part display the result. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT