Patent ID: 6595415
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An IC card processor for processing card information in an IC card mounting an IC for controlling access from an external apparatus on a basis of a result of collation between a first security code entered from an external apparatus and a preliminarily held second security code, the IC card processor comprising:a nonvolatile memory; a unit for reading the second security code from the IC when the IC card is connected and the first security code is not written in the nonvolatile memory, and for writing the second security code as the first security code in the nonvolatile memory; a unit for reading the first security code from the nonvolatile memory when the IC card is connected, and for reading out the card information from the IC after issuing the first security code to the IC; and a control unit for processing the card information being read out by the unit for reading out card information as specified.