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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aki Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an IC card includes a communication unit, data memory, selector, and inheriting unit. The communication unit performs data communication with an external apparatus. The data memory stores files managed by a hierarchical. structure, a folder as an upper layer of the files, and information concerning the inheritance of a security status between a plurality of folders. If information indicating the inheritance of a security status from the first folder to the second folder exists, the inheriting unit inherits, even while the second file is selected, the security status established while the first folder is selected.