| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for protecting a content stored in a storage medium device. <P>SOLUTION: This system is constituted with a processor (101), a storage medium device (105), and a code to bootstrap the system. The processor executes the code to access a user password and a recorded serial number. The storage medium device is capable of behaving to return the serial number concerning itself and provides a device interface to request the password to access data stored in the storage medium device. The code to bootstrap includes the code to request the above storage medium device to return the serial number concerning itself, the code to compare the serial number returned from the storage medium device with the recorded serial number and the code to provide the above storage medium device with the user password if the serial number returned from the above storage medium device is decided to be identical to the recorded serial number through the comparison. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO</p> |
