Patent ID: 7281101
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A memory device comprising: an interface which interfaces with an external device; an IC chip which comprises an EEPROM for storing a plurality of application programs and a CPU for executing said application programs; a nonvolatile memory which stores associated data associated with said one or more application programs; and a controller connected with said interface, said IC chip, and said nonvolatile memory; wherein said IC chip, said nonvolatile memory and said controller are comprised of separate chips; wherein said controller, in response to a predetermined command received from said external device by way of said interface, performs transfer of said associated data between said IC chip and said nonvolatile memory without passing said associated data to a host device during transfer of said associated data between said IC chip and said nonvolatile memory; wherein: said nonvolatile memory is divided into a plurality of blocks; and each of said plurality of blocks to be assigned to an application program to store said associated data associated with said assigned application program; and wherein said nonvolatile memory includes a management area to store an application ID used to identify each one of said application programs and an operation code used to transfer said associated data associated with said one application program between said nonvolatile memory and said IC chip through said controller.