System, electronic apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a first electronic apparatus that sets writing license information for an external storage medium; and
a second electronic apparatus that executes writing of files to the external storage medium required from various application programs, whereinthe first electronic apparatus comprisesa utility program configured to set the writing license information including permission list information and permission exclusion list information, and store the writing license information to the external storage medium,the second electronic apparatus comprisesa filter driver configured to receive a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium from the various application programs instead of an Operating System (OS), anda writing tool configured to write, whena request for writing of a file to the external storage medium is received by the filter driver and when it is determined that the writing license information is stored in the external storage medium,only a file which meets a setting condition of the permission list information and which does not meet a setting condition of the permission exclusion list information to the external storage medium.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system includes a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus. The first electronic apparatus causes an external storage medium to store first information which controls possibility of writing of a file to the external storage medium in units of file. The second electronic apparatus determines possibility of the writing of a requested file to the external storage medium based on the first information, write the requested file to the external storage medium if the requested file is determined to be capable of being written, and prohibit the writing of the requested file to the external storage medium if the requested file is determined to be incapable of being written.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first electronic apparatus that sets writing license information for an external storage medium; and a second electronic apparatus that executes writing of files to the external storage medium required from various application programs, wherein the first electronic apparatus comprises a utility program configured to set the writing license information including permission list information and permission exclusion list information, and store the writing license information to the external storage medium, the second electronic apparatus comprises a filter driver configured to receive a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium from the various application programs instead of an Operating System (OS), and a writing tool configured to write, when a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium is received by the filter driver and when it is determined that the writing license information is stored in the external storage medium, only a file which meets a setting condition of the permission list information and which does not meet a setting condition of the permission exclusion list information to the external storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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a connector in which an external storage medium is connectable, the external storage medium setting writing license information including permission list information and permission exclusion list information; a filter driver configured to receive a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium from various application programs instead of an Operating System (OS), and a writing tool configured to write, when a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium is received by the filter driver and when it is determined that the writing license information is stored in the external storage medium, only a file which meets a setting condition of the permission list information and which does not meet a setting condition of the permission exclusion list information to the external storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method executed by a system configured by a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus, the first electronic apparatus setting writing license information for an external storage medium, the second electronic apparatus executing writing of files to the external storage medium required from various application programs, the method comprising:
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setting, by a utility program of the first electronic apparatus, the writing license information including permission list information and permission exclusion list information, and storing the writing license information to the external storage medium; receiving, by a filter driver resident in the second electronic apparatus, a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium from the various application programs instead of an Operating System (OS); determining, by a writing tool of the second electronic apparatus, whether or not the writing license information is stored in the external storage medium; and when a request for writing of a file to the external storage medium is received by the filter driver and when it is determined that the writing license information is stored in the external storage medium, writing, by the writing tool, only a file which meets a setting condition of the permission list information and which does not meet a setting condition of the permission exclusion list information to the external storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification