An individual authentication information output apparatus, connectable to
a plurality of information processing systems through a network, includes
an input section for receiving an input from a user; an individual
authentication section for outputting an individual authentication result
of the user based on the input from the user; a specification section for
specifying at least an information processing system selected by the user
among the plurality of information processing systems; a database for
managing individual authentication information in association with the
individual authentication result provided by the individual
authentication section and a specification result provided by the
specification section; and a database access section for, based on the
individual authentication result provided by the individual
authentication section and the specification result provided by the
specification section, reading the individual authentication information
associated therewith, and outputting the read individual authentication
information to the selected information processing system through the
network.