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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
Takahisa Shirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If a determining element,determines, according to signals issued by sensors,to,n, that a data processing apparatus,has been taken out, an alarm element,issues an alarm. A power supply password requestor,causes, if the determining element,determines at the time of turning on the power supply to the data processing apparatus,that the data processing apparatus,has been taken out, a password to be entered and, if the entered password is found illegitimate, effects control so as not to start up the data processing apparatus,. Further, a deciphering password requester,causes, when a request to read out ciphered confidential information stored in a file memory,is entered by the user of a PC or issued from any program and if the determining element,determines that the data processing apparatus,has been taken out, a password to be entered and, if the entered password is found illegitimate, controls a file deciphering element,so at to refrain from deciphering the confidential information.