Patent ID: 8380996

Claim:
A copy-protected storage support configured for use with a console, the storage support comprising: a data storage area configured to store at least parts of an application executable on the console; and an interface configured to: send application data read from the data storage area to the console via an interface of the console; wherein the storage support further comprises: a memory configured for storage of application parameter data received by the interface from the application executed on the console; a cryptographic unit configured to receive application parameter data from the interface, perform a cryptographic operation on the received application parameter data, and store the received application parameter data in the memory; wherein the interface is further configured to: read application parameter data from the memory; communicate, via the interface of the console, the read application parameter data to the application executed on the console; and the interface either receiving application parameter data in encrypted form from the application executed on the console and returning application parameter data in unencrypted form to the application executed on the console, or receiving application parameter data in unencrypted form from the application executed on the console and returning application parameter data in encrypted form to the application executed on the console.