Patent ID: 7716439
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data processing system, comprising: readout means for reading out data that have been stored on a storage medium that is removably mounted in an external storage means; device ID storage means for storing a device ID that is peculiar to a device and for storing the data that have been read out by the readout means; storage medium writing means for writing the device ID that has been stored in the device ID storage means to the storage medium; first determination means for making a determination as to whether a particular device ID stored in a particular device and the device ID that has been stored in the device ID storage means are in agreement, said particular device separate and distinct from said storage medium; and processing means for causing the particular device to carry out first processing that is based on the data that have been read out by the readout means in a case where it has been determined by the first determination means that the particular device ID and the device ID are in agreement, and for causing second processing, which differs from the first processing, to be carried out in a case where it has been determined by the first determination means that the particular device ID and the device ID are not in agreement.