A wireless assessment system includes a plurality of response devices, including at least one plug-in device in signal communication with a subject computer station. The information providing apparatus includes a browser that reads content and that outputs the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in the content data and defining an output format or a data structure of the content, and a wireless communication unit that carries out wireless communications with the IC chip. The requested data is obtained from one or more contact information directories located locally andor remotely from the computing system.