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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Takumi Okaue, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Okubo, Saitama, JP;
Takumi Okaue, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Okubo, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device and method is provided for commonly and securely allowing, as access control on a memory card, a plurality of information processing apparatuses to lock/unlock the memory. On the basis of a lock command input from an information processing apparatus serving as a host, such as a PC, an information storage device, such as a memory card, determines whether (a) a standard lock key set serving as a key set prohibiting output or (b) an export lock key set serving as a key set permitting output is detected and stores corresponding key set information. Only when the export lock key set is detected, output is permitted provided that predetermined verification succeeds.