Data writing apparatus, method, and program for portable terminal memory

• US 20070158402A1
• Filed: 02/22/2005
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sonetaka, Noriyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,828,203 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] An object is to easily store a data required for actuating a portable terminal, which is used in association with an identification data of a user, while maintaining the security. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The present invention comprises a data reading/writing device having a function of reading out data stored in a memory medium of a portable terminal and a function of writing, to the memory medium, an applicable data which is required for the portable terminal; and a data collation device for collating an identification data which is peculiar to a user of the portable terminal, which is read out from the memory medium by the data reading/writing device, with a user registration data which is registered in advance, and for outputting a writing command to the data reading/writing device only when the data are consistent. The data reading/writing device writes the applicable data to the memory medium on condition that there is an input of the writing command.

Claims

1. A data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory, comprising:

a data reading/writing device having a function of reading out data stored in a memory medium of a portable terminal and a function of writing, to the memory medium, an applicable data which is required for the portable terminal; and

a data collation device for collating an identification data peculiar to a user of the portable terminal, which is read out from the memory medium by the data reading/writing device, with a user registration data which is registered in advance, and for outputting a writing command to the data reading/writing device only when the data are consistent, wherein

the data reading/writing device writes the applicable data to the memory medium on condition that there is an input of the writing command.

2. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input device for inputting writing data specifying information for specifying contents of the applicable data; and

a writing data specifying information receiving device for receiving the writing data specifying information requested by a user, which is inputted from the input device, wherein

the data reading/writing device writes the applicable data which corresponds to the writing data specifying information onto the memory medium according to the writing command.

3. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 2, wherein the writing data specifying information is a communication fee data charged for connecting a portable terminal to a network.

4. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 2, wherein the writing data specifying information is portal specifying information for specifying contents of a portal site which is displayed when connecting to a network through a portable terminal.

5. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 1, wherein:

the portable terminal is a portable telephone;

the identification data peculiar to the user is an identification data which is allotted to a user-registered portable telephone by each user; and

the data collation device collates the identification data read out from the memory medium with a user registration data held by a communication carrier of the portable telephone.

6. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 5, wherein the portable terminal is a GSM-type portable telephone and the memory medium is an SIM card.

7. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 1, wherein:

the memory medium is a contact medium, which is removably mounted to the portable terminal and is removed from the portable terminal to be inserted to the data reading/writing device; and

the data reading/writing device performs data reading/writing processing to the memory medium by being in contact with the memory medium.

8. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 1, wherein:

the memory medium is a noncontact medium, which is mounted to the portable terminal and reading/writing of data is performed without a contact; and

the data reading/writing device performs data reading/writing processing to the memory medium in a noncontact state.

9. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 8, wherein the noncontact memory medium is an RFID tag.

10. The data writing apparatus for a portable terminal memory according to claim 1, wherein:

the memory medium uses both a contact medium which is removed form the portable terminal to be inserted to the data reading/writing device and a noncontact medium which is mounted to the portable terminal for performing reading/writing of data without a contact; and

the data reading/writing device has a function of performing reading/writing of a data to the memory medium by being in contact with the memory medium and a function of copying the data which is to be read/written from/to the noncontact memory medium.

11. A portable terminal memory medium, comprising a contact memory medium used as a medium for storing a data required for a portable terminal, wherein

the contact memory medium is removed from a portable terminal to be inserted into a data reading/writing device having a function of reading out a data and a function of writing data, and data read and written in a state while being inserted.

12. A portable terminal memory medium, comprising a noncontact memory medium used as a medium for storing a data required for a portable terminal, wherein

reading/writing of data is performed in a state where the noncontact memory medium is noncontact with a data writing/reading device having a function of reading out a data and a function of writing a data.

13. A data writing method for a portable terminal memory, comprising:

a reading-out step for reading out a data stored in a memory medium of a portable terminal;

a data collation step for, in the reading-out step, collating an identification data peculiar to a user of the portable terminal being read out from the memory medium with a user registration data registered in advance, and for outputting a writing command to the data reading/writing device only when the data are consistent; and

a writing step for writing an applicable data to the memory medium on condition that there is the writing command being inputted in the data collation step.

14. A data writing program for a portable terminal memory, comprising:

a function of making a data reading/writing device execute reading-out processing of data stored in a memory medium of a portable terminal and writing processing of an applicable data necessary for the portable terminal onto the memory medium;

a function of making a data collation device execute collation processing of collating an identification data peculiar to a user of the portable terminal, which is read out from the memory medium by the data reading/writing device, with a user registration data registered in advance, and execute output processing of outputting a writing command to the data reading/writing device only when the data are consistent; and

a function of making the data reading/writing device execute writing processing of writing the applicable data to the memory medium on condition that there is an input of the writing command.