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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Takeshi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable telephone apparatus includes a portable telephone unit and a battery pack mounted thereto, wherein the battery pack includes a battery for supplying the portable telephone unit and components in the battery pack with electric power, an opening in which a semiconductor memory is removably inserted, and a memory controller for controlling the operation of reading data stored in the semiconductor memory inserted in the opening in accordance with a control signal from the portable telephone unit, and wherein the portable telephone unit includes a reproducer for reproducing the data read out from the semiconductor memory. When the battery park is removed abruptly before a power switch is turned off, data stored in the semiconductor memory is protected.