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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Isozaki, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
An information recording apparatus has a drive unit to record digital information including digital contents; and a host unit to control reading and writing of the digital information for the drive unit. The host unit has a network processing unit to communicate with a server, a shadow determination unit to determine whether a shadow boot program to be executed prior to a boot program is executable, a shadow reading unit to read the shadow program from the drive unit when the shadow determination unit determines to be executable, a shadow execution unit to execute the shadow program, a server authentication unit to perform authentication with the server in accordance with a processing of the shadow program, and a password transmitter to transmit to the drive unit a password used for unlock of the drive unit when the authentication with the server is successful.