An information processing (camera) system comprises a radio communication terminal
(medium) and an information appliance (camera) communicable the radio communication
terminal (medium) within a predetermined distance. The information appliance (camera)
comprises (an image pickup part for obtaining image data by photographing a subject,)
a storing part for storing information peculiar to a user of the information appliance
(camera), a radio communication part (medium reading part) (transmitting a predetermined
radio signal and) reading information from the radio communication terminal (medium),
and an authorization part for authorizing the information appliance (camera) user
by collating information from the radio communication terminal read at the radio
communication part (medium reading part) with information peculiar to the information
appliance (camera) user stored in the storing part (and a record part for recording
the information related to the camera user authorized at the authorization part
while relating the information related to the camera user authorized at the authorization
part to the image data photographed at the image pickup part). The radio communication
terminal (medium) comprises a storing part for storing predetermined information
and a transmission part for receiving a radio signal generated at the information
appliance (the predetermined radio signal generated at a radio communication medium
reading part of the camera) and transmitting the predetermined signal stored in
the storing part as a radio signal.