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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Satoshi Inami, Moriguchi, JP;
Masashige Mizuyama, Neyagawa, JP;
Atsunobu Kato, Ebina, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a communications terminala CPUretrieves start-up datafrom a serverusing a Web browserwhich is stored in a storage deviceThe CPUperforms data authentication with respect to authentication type dataincluded in the start-up dataThen, when the authentication is succeeded, the CPUfollows the authentication type dataso as to determine which authentication mode is to be used for authenticating the application data. In this manner, the authentication mode for authenticating the application data can be easily changed.