- Patent Title: Integrated circuit device, information processing apparatus, memory management method for information storage device, mobile terminal apparatus, semiconductor integrated circuit device, and communication method using mobile terminal apparatus
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Application No.: US12776076Application Date: 2010-05-07
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Publication No.: US09384618B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Akihiko Yamagata , Masachika Sasaki , Masahiro Sueyoshi , Fumio Kubono , Akira Fukada
- Applicant: Akihiko Yamagata , Masachika Sasaki , Masahiro Sueyoshi , Fumio Kubono , Akira Fukada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: K&L GATES LLP
- Priority: JP2001-194748 20010627; JP2001-194749 20010627
- Main IPC: G06F12/14
- IPC: G06F12/14 ; G07F7/10 ; G06F21/62 ; G06Q20/34

Abstract:
A memory region on an IC card has a hierarchical structure. Each application allocated on the memory region is registered in a directory, and the memory region is managed in directory units. A personal identification code is set for each application and directory, and the access right is controlled in application units or directory units. If a mobile terminal is lost, the right to access each application in the IC card automatically disappears. Therefore, the right to access each application allocated to the memory region on the IC card is efficiently controlled.
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