Information processing apparatus, IC chip, information processing method, program, and information processing system

• US 11,119,791 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2020
• Issued: 09/14/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mitsuyu, Gaku
• Primary Examiner(s): Mudrick, Timothy A
• Application Number:
  US16/784,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20200174801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 719320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/441 Multiboot arrangements, i.e. selecting an operating system to be loaded
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44589 Program code verification, e.g. Java bytecode verification, proof-carrying code high-level semantic checks G06F8/43; testing and debugging software G06F11/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45504 Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a multi-platform capable of managing a plurality of applications, and an operating system which operates on the multi-platform, and is capable of being activated by a command of the multi-platform. The command may include a size of a memory region which the operating system is capable of using.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device via near field communication;

a JavaCard operating system configured to manage a plurality of applets, wherein

at least one applet from the plurality of applets is selected by a user, and

the selected at least one applet is operated on the JavaCard operating system;

a communication unit configured to communicate with a service provider via Internet; and

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to;

execute a set of instructions stored in a specific memory; and

control each of the communication interface, the JavaCard operating system, and the communication unit based on the execution of the set of instructions,

wherein the JavaCard operating system is further configured to manage each applet of the plurality of applets based on a corresponding Application identifier (ID) received via the communication unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to activate the JavaCard operating system based on a first command.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the information processing apparatus is configured to communicably couple to an external memory, and

the first command includes size information of a size of a memory region of at least one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or the external memory.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the communication unit is further configured to receive the first command, and

the first command is sent from the service provider via the Internet.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

each applet of the plurality of applets is associated with an authentication code of a plurality of authentication codes, and

the plurality of authentication codes is allocated to a plurality of regions of one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or an external memory communicably coupled to the information processing apparatus.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the JavaCard operating system is further configured to separate a memory region into a plurality of memory regions, and

the memory region belongs to one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or an external memory communicably coupled to the information processing apparatus.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

a size of each memory region of the plurality of memory regions is registered in a first table, and

the first table is stored in the internal memory.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the JavaCard operating system is registered as one of a first application type or a second application type.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing apparatus;

communicating, via a communication interface, with an external device via near field communication;

managing, via a JavaCard operating system, a plurality of applets, wherein

at least one applet from the plurality of applets is selected by a user, and

the selected at least one applet is operated on the JavaCard operating system;

communicating, via a communication unit, with a service provider via Internet;

executing, via a central processing unit (CPU), a set of instructions stored in a specific memory;

controlling, via the CPU, each of the communication interface, the JavaCard operating system, and the communication unit based on the execution of the set of instructions; and

managing, via the JavaCard operating system, each applet of the plurality of applets based on a corresponding Application identifier (ID) received via the communication unit.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising

activating, via the CPU, the JavaCard operating system based on a first command.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, further comprising

communicably coupling the information processing apparatus to an external memory, wherein

the first command includes size information of a size of a memory region of at least one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or the external memory.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10, further comprising

receiving, via the communication unit, the first command,

wherein the first command is sent from the service provider via the Internet.

13. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein

each applet of the plurality of applets is associated with an authentication code of a plurality of authentication codes, and

the plurality of authentication codes is allocated to a plurality of regions of one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or an external memory communicably coupled to the information processing apparatus.

14. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising

separating, via the JavaCard operating system, a memory region into a plurality of memory regions,

wherein the memory region belongs to one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or an external memory communicably coupled to the information processing apparatus.

15. The information processing method according to claim 14, wherein

a size of each memory region of the plurality of memory regions is registered in a first table, and

the first table is stored in the internal memory.

16. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the JavaCard operating system is registered as one of a first application type or a second application type.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:

communicating, via a communication interface, with an external device via near field communication;

managing, via a JavaCard operating system, a plurality of applets, wherein

at least one applet from the plurality of applets is selected by a user, and

the selected at least one applet is operated on the JavaCard operating system;

communicating, via a communication unit, with a service provider via Internet;

executing, via a central processing unit (CPU), a set of instructions stored in a specific memory;

controlling, via the CPU, each of the communication interface, the JavaCard operating system, and the communication unit based on the execution of the set of instructions; and

managing, via the JavaCard operating system, each applet of the plurality of applets based on a corresponding Application identifier (ID) received via the communication unit.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise

activating, via the CPU, the JavaCard operating system based on a first command.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein

each applet of the plurality of applets is associated with an authentication code of a plurality of authentication codes, and

the plurality of authentication codes is allocated to a plurality of regions of one of an internal memory of the information processing apparatus or an external memory communicably coupled to the information processing apparatus.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise

receiving, via the communication unit, the first command,

wherein the first command is sent from the service provider via the Internet.