INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130132355A1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Satoshi, Itoh, Isao
• Granted Patent: US 8,838,561 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• 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 20/3563 Software being resident on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/357 Cards having a plurality of specified features
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3576 Multiple memory zones 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

Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A receiver receives a command requesting for the execution of predetermined processing. A storage unit stores data and first information indicating, among a plurality of stages in a lifecycle of the information processing apparatus, the current stage determined by the stored data and second information indicating an executable command in the current stage, the executable command being determined for each of the plurality of stages. A determining unit determines on the basis of the first information and the second information whether the command received by the receiver is an executable command in the current stage.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a reception unit that receives a command requesting for an execution of predetermined processing;

a storage unit that stores first information indicating, among a plurality of stages in a lifecycle of the information processing apparatus, a current stage and second information indicating an executable command in the current stage, the executable command being determined for each of the plurality of stages; and

a determination unit that determines on a basis of the first information and the second information whether the command received by the reception unit is an executable command in the current stage.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the command requests for deleting files.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the command requests for deleting a key.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the first information to be updated so that the current stage of the information processing apparatus is changed in accordance with the executed command.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information stored in the storage unit includes information indicating that a plurality of commands is not executable when the information processing apparatus is in a specific stage, and

when the information processing apparatus is in the specific stage, the determination unit determines on the basis of the first information and the second information that the received command is not executable.