Patent ID: 7827600

Claim:
An electronic equipment comprising: a first connecting unit that connects an external apparatus and a transmit and receive unit, which transmits and receives information; a prohibit unit that prohibits use of a function to transmit and receive the information; an identification information storage unit that stores therein identification information to permit use of the function prohibited by the prohibit unit; a second connecting unit that connects a key member including a memory unit that stores therein authentication information with an electric equipment body; a cover that, in a case where the key member is not connected to the second connecting unit, covers at least part of the first connecting unit and that, in a case where the key member is connected to the second connecting unit, removes the covering of the first connecting unit; a gain unit that, in a case where the key member is connected to the second connecting unit, gains the authentication information from the memory unit; a judge unit that judges whether or not the authentication information gained by the gain unit corresponds to the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit; and a permit unit that, in a case where it is judged by the judge unit that the authentication information corresponds to the identification information, permits use of the information to transmit and receive the function prohibited by the prohibit unit.