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Removable medium apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Fujishita
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Fujishita
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A removable-medium apparatus having a memory unit that stores a plurality of ID information for accessing a removable medium, and a receiving unit that receives an instruction for specifying ID information from among the plurality of ID information stored in the memory unit. The removable-medium apparatus determines whether or not ID information that is entered matches the ID information that is specified by the receiving unit, and outputs data that is stored on the removable medium when it is determined that the entered ID information matches the specified ID information, and does not output data that is stored on the removable medium when it is determined that the entered ID information does not match the specified ID information.
A removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network, comprising:
A removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium via a network, comprising:
A control method for controlling a removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network, and that has a memory unit that stores a plurality of ID information for accessing said removable medium, comprising steps of:
A method for controlling a removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium via a network, comprising steps of:
A computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon when executed by a computer to carry out a method of controlling a removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network, and that has a memory unit that stores a plurality of ID information for accessing said removable medium, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon when executed by a computer to carry out a method of controlling a removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network, comprising:
A removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium via a network, comprising:
A removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium via a network;
A removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium via a network, comprising:
A removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium, comprising:
A removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium, comprising:
A control method for controlling a removable-medium apparatus that outputs data that is stored on a removable medium, and that has a memory unit that stores a plurality of ID information for accessing said removable medium, comprising steps of:
A method for controlling a removable-medium apparatus in which a removable medium is mounted that stores data and a plurality of ID information for access, and which outputs data that is stored on said removable medium, comprising steps of:
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Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer: to…
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The Nonprovisional application claims priority under 34 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 2005-341488 filed in Japan on Nov. 28, 2005, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a removable-medium apparatus and control method thereof, and more particularly to a removable-medium apparatus and control method thereof that are capable of preventing data stored on a removable medium from leaking over a network.
Data such as image data that was taken by a digital camera, or text that was created by a computer is stored on a memory card that can be freely mounted or removed (removable medium). That memory card is mounted in a card reader (removable medium apparatus) that is connected to a network, and the data that is stored on the memory card is read and inputted to a computer that is also connected to the network.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a communication system that includes a multi-function peripheral apparatus;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the operation unit of a multi-function peripheral apparatus;
FIG. 3 is a drawing showing the processing that is executed by a multi-function peripheral apparatus and personal computer;
The present invention will be described below based on drawings that show the preferred embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a communication system comprising a multi-function peripheral apparatus (hereafter referred to as MFP) 1, and a personal computer (hereafter referred to as PC) 20 that are connected via a local area network (LAN) 50.
The MFP 1 comprises various functions such as a photo-media-capture function, printer function, copy function, scanner function, facsimile function and the like in one unit. As shown in FIG. 1, the MFP 1 comprises mainly: a CPU 2 that controls all of the operations of the MFP 1; RAM 3, which is a memory for temporarily storing data necessary for the various processings that are executed by the CPU 2; ROM 4 that stores various control programs that are executed by the CPU 2 and fixed-value data; an LAN interface (hereafter abbreviated as LAN I/F) 5; a printer unit 6; a scanner unit 7; a memory-card unit 8; an operation unit 9 having a plurality of operation-input keys (buttons, switches, etc.) for making the MFP 1 execute various functions; a flash memory 10; and a facsimile unit 11 that sends or receives image data via a telephone line (not shown in the figure).
The CPU 2 is a processor that executes various programs that are stored in the ROM 4. The RAM 3 is a random access memory that has a work area for temporarily storing variables and the like when the CPU 2 executes various programs. The RAM 3 comprises a user-number memory 3a that stores user numbers as a kind of variable that are specified by users. As will be described later, a user number is a number that specifies ID information from among ID information that correspond to a plurality of user and that is stored in the flash memory 10a.