Patent ID: 6167519
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information protection system for protecting information from an unauthorized user, the information protection system comprising:a storage unit storing the information;protection means for setting the information protection system from a non-protection state into a prohibition of access state responsive to detection that a predetermined setting event has occurred, and for releasing the information protection system from the prohibition of access state into the non-protection state responsive to a reset signal;decision means for prohibiting access to the information stored in the storage unit when the protection means sets the information protection system into the prohibition of access state, and for permitting access to the information stored in the storage unit when the protection means releases the information protection system from the prohibition of access state;confirmation means for generating the reset signal when an authorized person inputs a password or unlocks a key of the information protection system and the information protection system is in the prohibition of access state, thereby causing the protection means to release the information protection system from the prohibition of access state upon confirmation of an authorized person; andswitching means for switching the mode of the information protection system between a first mode in which the protection means is enabled and a second mode in which the protection means is not enabled.