Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A storage medium issue system characterized by comprising: means (2) for storing an issue data file (2a) including a common data section (12) for storing common data which is common to a plurality of storage media (5), a plurality of individual data sections (13) for storing personal data, each personal data being specific to each of the storage media (5), and an attribute data section (11) which indicates a location of data (12, 13) in said issue data file (2a); first reading means (1) for reading out the location data in said issue data file; second being means (1) for reading out the common data and the personal data in said issue data file in accordance with the location data read out by said first reading means; and means (1, 6) for writing the common data and the personal data, read out by said second reading means, to the storage media (5).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized in that said attribute data section (11) includes: means for holding first information (21) indicating an order of issue data for the reading by said first and second reading means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A system according to claim 2, characterized in that said attribute data section (11) includes: means for holding second information (22) indicating a location of a storage area of said common data section (12) and said individual data section (13) in said storing means (2).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system according to claim 3, characterized in that said attribute data section (11) includes: means for holding third information (23) discriminating a kind of said common data section (12) and said individual data section (13).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A system according to claim 4, characterized in that said issue data file (2a) includes: means for holding fourth information (24) indicating the location of said common data section (12) and said individual data section (13) in said issue data file (2a).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A system according to claim 5, characterized in that said issue data file (2a) includes: means for holding fifth information (25) instructing whether or not a coded password (50th) contained in said individual data section (13) is to be decoded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized in that said storage media include IC cards (5) each of which comprises a microcomputer (51) and a memory (52).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
70 words
A system according to claim 7, characterized in that said second reading means (1) includes: means (1) for reading the common data section (12) from said issue data file (2a) so as to commonly write into each memory (52) of said IC cards (5); and means (1) for sequentially reading the individual data section (13) so as to individually write into the respective memory (52) of said IC cards (5).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
96 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising: means (8) for providing an issuer key; means (1) for comparing a given password with said issuer key, and preventing the system from issuing the IC cards (5) if the password does not match the issuer key (ST2 to ST6 no); means (1) for performing a storage medium issuing operation (ST8 to ST44) when said password matches said issuer key (ST2 to ST6 yes); and means (1, 6) for transferring the issue data file (2a) to the storage medium (5) during the storage medium issuing operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
A system according to claim 9, characterized by further comprising: means (8) for providing a decode key; means (1) for decoding a coded personal data (50th) contained in said individual data section (13) in accordance with said decode key; and means (1) for performing the storage medium issuing operation (ST8 to ST44), using the decoded personal data (50th), when said password matches said issuer key (ST2 to ST6 yes).