Patent ID: 8918899
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing device that is operable to perform authentication processing and having an authentication device mounted therewith that securely stores unique identification information of the authentication device, comprising: a mounting component by which the authentication device is mounted; a first memory component in which a first program is stored; a second memory component in which the second program is stored; a third memory component in which is stored a table with a correspondent listing of the unique identification information of the authentication device and a count value; and a control component for starting, when power is activated, the first program from the first memory component, reading the unique identification information of the authentication device that is mounted to the mounting component, referencing the table, and performing authentication processing for the authentication device, with a condition that the count value correspondingly listed for the unique identification information of the authentication device be larger than a prescribed value and when authentication processing has succeeded, starting the second program from the second memory component, and in the event that the authentication device continues to be mounted to the mounting component during executing the second program, decreasing the count value that corresponds to the unique identification information of the authentication device.