IP Library Granted Patent US 7,937,072
Granted Patent B2
US 7,937,072 · App. 12/342,082 · Granted May 3, 2011

Mobile phone accessing system and related storage device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,937,072
App. No.
12/342,082
Granted
May 3, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile phone accessing system. The mobile phone accessing system comprises: a mobile phone having a first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code; and a storage device comprising a first storage region for storing data, a second storage region for storing a second IMEI code, and a controller coupled to the first storage region and the second storage region for executing a security check function to determine whether the mobile phone is qualified to access the first storage region according to the first IMEI code.

Claims (12)

1. A mobile phone accessing system, comprising:

a mobile phone, having a first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code; and

a storage device, comprising:

a first storage region, for storing data;

a second storage region, for storing a second IMEI code; and

a controller, coupled to the first storage region and the second storage region, for executing a security checking function to determine whether the mobile phone is qualified to access the first storage region according to the first IMEI code, wherein when the storage device is electrically connected to the mobile phone and when the second storage region of the storage device has not been written to, the controller further executes a security setup function to receive the first IMEI code from the mobile phone, and writes the first IMEI code into the second storage region to be the second IMEI code.

2. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 1 , wherein the storage device executes the security setup function only when the storage device is electrically connected to the mobile phone for a first time.

3. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 1 , wherein when the storage device is electrically connected to the mobile phone, the storage device executes the security checking function for comparing the first IMEI code and the second IMEI code to generate a comparison result, and determines whether the second storage region can be accessed by the mobile phone according to the comparison result.

4. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 3 , wherein when the comparison result indicates that the first IMEI code is similar to the second IMEI code, the storage device allows the mobile phone to access the second storage region.

5. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 1 , wherein the second storage region of the storage device is only allowed to be written to once.

6. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 1 , wherein the storage device is a portable storage device.

7. The mobile phone accessing system of claim 6 , wherein the portable storage device is a portable memory device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2019
From: POWERCHIP TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049770/0090 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2014
From: POWERFLASH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: POWERCHIP TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033663/0197 →
CHANGE OF THE ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE Recorded Mar 24, 2011
From: POWERFLASH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: POWERFLASH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026011/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2008
From: KUO, TUNG-CHENG; YANG, CHING-SUNG; LIN, RUEI-LING; LIU, CHENG-JYE
To: POWERFLASH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022019/0050 →