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AssigneeTelecom Italia S.p.A.
InventorsAlberto Bianco, Laura Colazzo, Fabio Ricciato, Maura Turolla, Antonio Varriale
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A digital memory such as a memory card for mobile communication equipment, is adapted to be accessed by a plurality of users and have protected data stored therein. The memory is dynamically partitionable in private memory areas for storing data therein and has associated therewith a secrecy tool for securely allocating to the users respective private areas and permitting the users to access the respective private areas via a secure session channel to perform read/write commands in the respective private areas. Typically, the memory/card includes: a card interface controller for managing a physical communication layer between the digital memory and external host equipment, an internal memory having associated therewith a hardware lock to control access to the internal memory, a set of cryptographic modules to manage the secure session channel between the users and the digital memory, and a memory certificate for certifying a public key associated with the digital memory.
A method of controlling access by a plurality of users to a digital memory accessible by a plurality of users, and protecting data in said digital memory, the method comprising:
A digital memory being accessible by a plurality of users and comprising protected data stored therein, said digital memory further comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program product, stored in the memory of at least one computer and comprising software code portions for performing a method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.