Patent ID: 7443690

Claim:
An integrated circuit chip adapted to be loaded in an adaptor device for use in host equipment, said integrated circuit chip comprising: a main body unit removably insertable into the adaptor device and having a pair of sidewalls; an integrated circuit unit disposed in said main body unit, said integrated circuit unit comprising a copyright protection circuit unit; a set of terminals provided at one end of said main body unit for establishing an electrical connection enabling information signals to be exchanged between said integrated circuit unit and the adaptor device; and a guide support unit including a pair of protuberantly formed guide sections provided on said pair of sidewalls of said main body unit for guiding the insertion of said main body unit into a pair of guide recesses disposed along sidewalls of the adaptor device; wherein, when said integrated circuit chip is loaded in the adaptor device along with a separate memory device, said copyright protection circuit unit is operable to authenticate the separate memory device to protect copyrighted data stored on the separate memory device.