Information processing device and information processing terminal

• US 20050015275A1
• Filed: 07/14/2004
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takayama, Hisashi, Takekawa, Hiroshi, Ito, Hayashi, Nishikawa, Hiroshi, Sakata, Tsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,600,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/123 by using dedicated hardware, e.g. dongles, smart cards, cryptographic processors, global positioning systems [GPS] devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3574 Multiple applications on card
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

With respect to a secure device 10 for executing a data storing operation and a data calculating operation under secrecy condition, a first application program 15 and a second application program 11 are retained. The program 15 causes an information processing terminal 30 mounted thereon this secure device 10 to execute a process operation by utilizing a resource of this information processing terminal 30. The program 11 causes the secure device 10 to execute such a process operation under secrecy condition in conjunction with the process operation of this information processing terminal 30. When this secure device 10 is mounted on the information processing terminal 30, this secure device 10 loads the program 15 to the information processing terminal 30 so as to install this loaded first application program therein. Then, a terminal application program required to execute a service is automatically installed to the information processing terminal 30.

Claims

1. An information processing device for responding to a request issued from an information processing terminal, comprising:

retaining means for retaining both a first application program for causing said information processing terminal to execute a process operation and a second application program for causing said information processing device to execute a process operation; and

transmission means for transmitting said first application program to said information processing terminal in response to said request.

2. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, when said information processing device is mounted on said information processing terminal, said transmission means transmits said first application program.

3. The information processing device as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to a condition.

4. The information processing device as claimed in claim 3,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to said information processing terminal.

5. The information processing device as claimed in claim 4,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to a terminal profile acquired from said information processing terminal.

6. The information processing device as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to machine sort information which is contained in said terminal profile.

7. The information processing device as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to an empty storage capacity which is contained in said terminal profile.

8. The information processing device as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to presence/absence of a license related to said first application program.

9. The information processing device as claimed in claim 8,

wherein said transmission means selects the first application program to be transmitted in response to an input of a license code related to said first application program.

10. The information processing device as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said information processing device further includes providing means for selectably a list of process operations providing on said information processing terminal, wherein said list indicates process operations which can be executed by using a resource of said information processing terminal, and

wherein, when said information processing device is mounted on said information processing terminal, said transmission means selects such a first application program used to execute a process operation selected from said list.

11. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said transmission means transmits information as to an acquisition destination for acquiring a latest version of said first application program to said information processing terminal in combination with said first application program.

12. The information processing device as claimed in claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

conversion means for converting a protection format of the selected contents data based upon said terminal profile,

wherein said transmission means transmits the converted contents data.

13. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said retaining means retains data which is used by said first application program, and

wherein said transmission means transmits the data which is used by the first application program in combination with said first application program.

21. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

reception means for receiving contents data and a terminal profile from the information processing terminal;

conversion means for detecting a protection format of the received contents data based upon the terminal profile and converting the protection format into a predetermined protection format; and

storing means for storing thereinto the converted contents data.

14. An information processing terminal which is communicated to an information processing device, said terminal comprising:

requesting means for requesting said information processing device to acquire a first application program which is used to execute a process operation by said information processing terminal;

acquisition means for acquiring said first application program which is transmitted from said information processing device in response to said request; and

storage means for storing thereinto the acquired first application program.

15. The information processing terminal as claimed in claim 14,

wherein said requesting means senses an insertion of said information processing device to issue the request.

16. The information processing terminal as claimed in claim 14,

wherein said requesting means senses that said information processing device is located in a predetermined range to issue the request.

17. The information processing terminal as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

initiation means for initiating said first application program by sensing that said first application program is acquired.

18. The information processing terminal as claimed in claim 14,

wherein said acquisition means acquires information as to an acquisition destination used to acquire a latest version of said first application program in combination with said first application program.

19. The information processing terminal as claimed in claim 14,

wherein said acquisition means acquires data which is used by said first application program in combination with said first application program.

20. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing terminal; and

an information processing device which is capable of inserting into/pulling out of said information processing terminal,

wherein said information processing device includes;

     1) retaining means for retaining both a first application program for causing said information processing terminal to execute a process operation and a second application program for causing said information processing device to execute a process operation; and

     2) transmission means for transmitting said first application program to said information processing terminal in response to said request, and

wherein said information processing terminal includes;

     1) requesting means for requesting said information processing device to acquire said first application program;

     2) acquisition means for acquiring said first application program which is transmitted from said information processing device in response to said request; and

     3) storage means for storing thereinto the acquired first application program.