DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECRETING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent electronic information from being illegally used by preventing the reprogramming of an ESN by using a one-time programmable security flag for a microcontroller. SOLUTION: A device 200 included in a controller includes a microcontroller 202 and an EEP ROM 204. The EEP ROM 204 interfaces with the microcontroller 202 through a serial format. The EEP ROM 204 includes addresses for storing electronic information. In this case, electronic information is an electronic serial number(ESN) 205 consisting of 32 binary bits. The microcontroller 202 is constituted of a one-time programmable security flag 230 to be programmed when the electronic information is stored in the memory 204. Once being programmed, the security flag 230 secretes the electronic information by preventing the reprogramming of the memory 204.