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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Toshiyuki Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a controller for controlling a connected storage apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The control unit acquires a password input by a user, judges whether or not the password is consistent with a password previously registered in the storage unit, cancels authentication data that is stored in the storage unit and enables reading and writing toward the storage apparatus of data and allows the formatting toward the storage apparatus in a condition that the password is consistent with the password previously registered in the storage unit, and disables reading and writing toward the storage apparatus of data and formatting toward the storage apparatus in a condition that the password is not consistent with the password previously registered in the storage unit.