Patent ID: 8132262

Claim:
An external memory management apparatus for controlling access of an application downloaded in a wireless communication terminal to a removable external memory, the external memory management apparatus comprising: identifier acquiring means for acquiring an application identifier identifying a type name of application identification information from the downloaded application and a wireless communication terminal identifier identifying a type name of wireless communication terminal identification information; contents acquiring means acquires a contents of the application identification information and the wireless communication terminal identification information designated by the type name of the application identification information and the type name of the wireless communication terminal identification information acquired by the identifier acquiring means; specific information generating means for generating a bind ID based on the contents acquired by the contents acquiring means; specific information acquiring means for acquiring the bind ID identifying the downloaded application and the wireless communication terminal on which the application is mounted; attribute information acquiring means for acquiring attribute information identifying at least one of an application and a wireless communication terminal having permission to access a predetermined area in the removable external memory for storing the downloaded application; and access controlling means for comparing the bind ID with the attribute information, for permitting a transfer of the downloaded application to the predetermined area in the removable external memory when the bind ID matches the attribute information, and for preventing a transfer of the downloaded application to the predetermined area in the removable external memory when the bind ID does not match the attribute information.