INFORMATION-COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC BACKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20090170569A1
• Filed: 12/09/2005
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Anzai, Jun, Horiuchi, Yasuhide
• Granted Patent: US 8,000,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/573
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

An information-communication terminal device maintaining a low cost of a charger in the case of backup for the device at a charging time, having a high performance security at the backup and allowing users to easily handle the security control after the backup. A charger (107) in the information communication terminal device is charged electric power from a charger (3). An access-release demanding section (105) receives ID data from the charger (3) during the charging time, and demands to release access control to an IC-card-function installed memory card (2). After the IC card-function installed memory card (2) releases the access control, a control section (101) carries out the backup or restore to the IC card-function installed memory card (2).

Claims

1. An information communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a charging section that charges power supplied from a battery charger;

an access restriction cancellation requesting section that requests an information holding member to cancel an access restriction using confidential information transmitted from the battery charger during charging; and

a control section that performs backup or restoration between the information holding member and the information communication apparatus after the information holding member cancels the access restriction.

2. An information holding member comprising:

an access control section that compares prestored or calculated confidential information with the confidential information reported from the information communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 and cancels an access restriction when both pieces of information match; and

a control section that performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member after the access restriction is canceled.

3. A battery charger comprising:

a power supply section that supplies power to the information communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1; and

a control section that transmits stored or calculated confidential information to the information communication terminal apparatus during the power supply.

4. An information holding member comprising:

an access control section that compares prestored or calculated confidential information with confidential information reported from a battery charger that supplies power to the information communication terminal apparatus and cancels access restriction when both pieces of information match; and

a control section that performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member after access restriction is canceled.

5. A battery charger comprising:

a power supply section that supplies power to an information communication terminal apparatus; and

an access restriction cancellation requesting section that requests the information holding member according to claim 4 to cancel the access restriction using stored or calculated confidential information during the power supply.

6. An information communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a charging section that charges power supplied from the battery charger according to claim 5; and

a control section that performs backup or restoration between the information holding member according to claim 4 and the information communication terminal apparatus after the information holding member cancels access restriction.

7. An automatic backup system comprising:

an information communication terminal apparatus;

an information holding member that performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member; and

a battery charger that supplies power to the information communication terminal apparatus, wherein;

the battery charger transmits stored or calculated confidential information to the information communication terminal apparatus;

the information communication terminal apparatus requests the information holding member to cancel access restriction using the confidential information transmitted from the battery charger; and

the information holding member compares prestored or calculated confidential information with the confidential information reported from the information communication terminal apparatus, cancels the access restriction when the two pieces of information match and performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member.

8. An automatic backup system comprising:

an information communication terminal apparatus;

an information holding member that performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member; and

a battery charger that supplies power to the information communication terminal apparatus, wherein;

the battery charger requests the information holding member to cancel an access restriction using stored or calculated confidential information during the power supply; and

the information holding member compares prestored or calculated confidential information with the confidential information reported from the information communication terminal apparatus, cancels the access restriction when the two pieces of information match and performs backup or restoration between the information communication terminal apparatus and the information holding member.