Method for Restricting Access to Data Stored on a Memory Card and a Memory Card
AssigneeT-Data Systems (S) Pte Ltd
InventorWayne Joon Yong Tan
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Abstract
There is provided a method for restricting access to data stored on a memory card, whereby the restriction of access relates to what is able to be carried out to the data stored on the memory card during wireless communications with the memory card. Furthermore, there is also provided a memory card which is able to restrict access to data stored on it during wireless communications with it.
Claims17
A method for restricting access to data stored on a memory card configured to be used in a digital camera having an inbuilt processor incapable of independently exporting digital data externally of the digital camera or independently importing digital data from externally of the digital camera, the method including:
- selecting a predetermined mode of the digital camera, the predetermined mode being enabled by a tagging software uploaded from the memory card;
- and
- associating a tag with digital data using the tagging software, the tag being for restricting access to data stored on the memory card.
A memory card capable of restricting access to data stored on the memory card, the memory card being configured to be used in a digital camera having an inbuilt processor incapable of independently exporting digital data externally of the digital camera or independently importing digital data from externally of the digital camera, the memory card including:
- a wireless transceiver module being operably connected to at least one of:
- a central processor, and a storage module;
- the central processor being configured to control at least one of:
- reception of digital data by the digital camera, transmission of digital data from the digital camera when the digital data is captured by the digital camera, uploading a tagging software to the digital camera for tagging digital data, and reading the tags of the digital data;
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- the storage module being operably connected to the central processor and for storing the tagging software;
- wherein the central processor of the memory card is operable, when the memory card is physically and operably engaged in and with the digital camera, to upload the tagging software to the inbuilt processor for enabling tagging of digital data stored in the storage module, the tagging being carried out when the digital camera is in a predetermined mode enabled by the tagging software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.