Patent ID: 8001375
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: storing means internally having a predetermined number of data areas; acquiring means for acquiring an application; assigning means for, when the acquiring means acquires an application, assigning the application to one of the predetermined number of data areas in the storing means; application storing means for storing the application acquired by the acquiring means and a personal identification number (PIN) corresponding to the application in association with an identifier representing the data area assigned for the application by the assigning means; and controlling means for performing a control to permit access from the application to said assigned data area by acquiring the PIN corresponding to the application from the application storing means and unlocking a PIN lock of the data area to be accessed using the acquired PIN, and wherein, on the occasion of performing control to permit access from the application to said assigned data area, the controlling means acquires the PIN from an application definition file corresponding to the application.