MEMORY CHIP, INFORMATION STORING SYSTEM, AND READING DEVICE

• US 20110246791A1
• Filed: 09/13/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Taku, Kambayashi, Toru, Hirose, Yoshihiko, Fujisaki, Koichi, Sukegawa, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/880,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/193
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/1408 by using cryptography for digital transmission H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory chip, which is connected to a writing device that writes data and to a reading device that reads data, includes: a memory including a first area that is a predetermined data storage area; a second encryption key generating unit that receives second key information stored in the reading device and generates a third key; and a sending unit that transmits, to the reading device, second encrypted data obtained by encrypting data stored in the memory using the third key. The second encrypted data is received by the reading device and is decrypted by using a fourth key that is stored in the reading device and that corresponds to the third key.

Claims

1. A writing device connected to a memory chip that has a memory including a first area that is a predetermined data storage area, the writing device comprising:

a storage unit that store data to be written into the first area;

a first encryption key generating unit that receives first key information stored in the memory and generates a first key by using the first key information; and

a data transmitting unit that transmits, to the memory chip, first encrypted data obtained by encrypting the data using the first key, wherein

the first encrypted data is converted by using a second key that is stored in the memory chip and that corresponds to the first key, and is written into the first area.

2. An information storing system in which a reading device and a writing device are connected to a memory chip that has a memory, wherein

the writing device comprises:

a storage unit that store data to be written into the first area;

a first encryption key generating unit that receives first key information stored in the memory and generates a first key by using the first key information; and

a data transmitting unit that transmits, to the memory chip, first encrypted data obtained by encrypting the data using the first key, and

the memory chip comprises;

the memory including a first area that is a predetermined data storage area;

a converting unit that receives the first encrypted data and converts the first encrypted data by using a second key that corresponds to the first key stored in the writing device;

a writing unit that writes the data converted into the first area;

a second encryption key generating unit that receives second key information stored in the reading device and generates a third key; and

a sending unit that transmits, to the reading device, second encrypted data obtained by encrypting data stored in the first area using the third key, and

the reading device receives the second encrypted data and decrypts the second encrypted data by using a fourth key that is stored in the reading device and that corresponds to the third key.

3. The information storing system according to claim 2, wherein

the reading device is incorporated in a meter data management system, and

the memory chip and the writing device are incorporated in a meter.

4. A memory chip connected to a writing device that transmits data and to a reading device that receives data, the memory chip comprising:

a memory including a first area that is a predetermined data storage area;

a second encryption key generating unit that receives second key information stored in the reading device and generates a third key; and

a sending unit that transmits, to the reading device, second encrypted data obtained by encrypting data stored in the memory using the third key, wherein

the second encrypted data is received by the reading device and is decrypted by using a fourth key that is stored in the reading device and that corresponds to the third key.

5. A memory chip connected to a controller that controls reading and writing of data in response to a request from an external device, the memory chip comprising:

a memory including a first area that is a predetermined data storage area;

a key storage unit that stores therein a public key that corresponds to a secret key used by the external device to convert the data;

a converting unit that receives data to be written into the first area from the controller and generates converted data by converting the data to be written using the public key; and

a writing unit that writes the converted data into the first area.