CLAIMS Claim 1
An information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined condition for performing a communication process related to a specific service provided by a service provider between an information processing system related to the service provider and a wireless communication apparatus is satisfied; and
a control unit configured to perform control when the predetermined condition is satisfied in a manner that a connection right of connecting to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set in the wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right, and the communication process is performed with the information processing system.
Claim 2
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the wireless communication apparatus is registered to receive the specific service, the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
Claim 3
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the connection right is a right of connecting to a base station operated by a communication operator contracted with the service provider based on contract authentication information for connecting to the base station and a given number of connection rights are ensured by the service provider, and
wherein the determination unit determines whether the predetermined condition is satisfied, based on a database configured to manage a use status of the connection right by the registered wireless communication apparatus for each wireless communication apparatus.
Claim 4

The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, when all of the given number of connection rights are used, the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
Claim 5
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit updates the use status related to each wireless communication apparatus in the database when the connection right is set in the wireless communication apparatus and the connection right is released horn the wireless communication apparatus in which the connection right is set.
Claim 6
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the database is included in at least one of an RO (registration operator) and the information processing system.
Claim 7
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the information processing apparatus is the wireless communication apparatus,
wherein, when an operation unit receives a predetermined operation or a predetermined timing arrives, the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and
wherein, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control unit performs control in a manner that a setting request made to set the connection right in the wireless communication apparatus is performed to an RO, and the communication process is performed with the information processing system after connection to the network based on the connection right set by an SHO (Selected Home Operator) in response to the setting request.
Claim 8

The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, when the connection right is set in the wireless communication apparatus and the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the network, the RO notifies the information processing system that the connection right is set in the wireless communication apparatus and the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the network.
Claim 9
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, when the connection right set in the wireless communication apparatus is invalidated, the RO notifies the information processing system that the connection right is invalidated.
Claim 10
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the information processing apparatus is the information processing system,
wherein, when a predetermined operation is received in the wireless communication apparatus or a predetermined timing arrives, the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and
wherein, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control unit performs control in a manner that a setting request made to set the connection right in the wireless communication apparatus is performed to an RO, the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the network based on the connection right set in the wireless communication apparatus by an SHO in response to the setting request, and the communication process is subsequently performed with the wireless communication apparatus.
Claim 11
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection right includes a limitation in a manner that only the communication process is performed between the information processing system and the wireless

Claim 12
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the determination unit determines whether a predetermined
condition for invalidating the set connection right is satisfied, and
wherein, when it is determined that the predetermined condition for
invalidation is satisfied, the control unit performs control for invalidating the
connection right set in the wireless communication apparatus.
Claim 13
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the communication process performed between the information processing system and the wireless communication apparatus is terminated, the control unit performs control in a maimer that an invalidation process of invalidating the connection right set in the wireless communication apparatus is performed.
Claim 14
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the connection right is a right of connecting to a base station
operated by a communication operator contracted with the service provider based on
contract authentication information for connecting to the base station, and
wherein the wireless communication apparatus is a wireless communication
apparatus that is able to download and use the contract authentication information.
Claim 15
A communication system comprising:
an information processing system configured to perform a communication process related to a specific service provided by a service provider;
a wireless communication apparatus configured to perform wireless communication;

a determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined condition for performing the communication process between the information processing system and the wireless communication apparatus is satisfied; and
a control unit configured to perform control when the predetermined condition is satisfied in a manner that a connection right of connecting to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set in the wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right, and the communication process is performed with the information processing system.
Claim 16
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: a determination sequence of determining whether a predetermined condition for performing a communication process related to a specific service provided by a service provider between an information processing system related to the service provider and a wireless communication apparatus is satisfied; and
a control sequence of performing control when the predetermined condition is satisfied in a manner that a connection right of connecting to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set in the wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right, and the communication process is performed with the information processing system.