Abstract: A device includes: a light distributor to split a pulsed beam; a light sensor to convert a first pulsed beam split by the light distributor into an electric signal; an ADC to convert the electric signal obtained by the light sensor, which is an analog signal, into a digital signal; a correction superimposition waveform calculation unit to calculate correction superimposition waveform data which is waveform data to correct a distortion due to a temporal intensity fluctuation of a pulsed beam on the basis of superimposition waveform data and the electric signal; a DAC to convert the correction superimposition waveform data calculated by the correction superimposition waveform calculation unit, which is a digital signal, into an analog signal; and a light intensity modulator to obtain an intensity-modulated beam by superimposing the correction superimposition waveform data obtained by the DAC onto a second pulsed beam split by the light distributor.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell unit, word lines, a driver circuit, and first transistors. The word lines are connected to the control gates of 0-th to N-th memory cells. The (N+1) number of first transistors transfer the voltage to the word lines respectively. Above one of the first transistors which transfers the voltage to an i-th (i is a natural number in the range of 0 to N) word line, M (M<N) of the word lines close to the i-th word line pass through a region above the gate electrode by a first level interconnection without passing over the impurity diffused layers.

Abstract: Provided is a cryptographic technology which is capable of being used when encryption and decryption are performed in a single data processing device. A data processing device is configured to generate encrypted data by encrypting processing target data and record the generated encrypted data in a predetermined recording medium, and to decrypt the encrypted data recorded in the recording medium back into the processing target data. The processing target data is data of a text. Encryption is performed in units of plaintext split data generated by splitting the processing target data into pieces having a predetermined number of bits. The units of the splitting are equal to or shorter than a bit length of a code for identifying characters in the text.

Abstract: SSL is improved with stronger defense against an attack from a third party, in particular, an MITMA. A client and a server each have the function of generating the same solution under the same conditions. The client generates a first solution (S1002) and transmits the solution to the server (S1003). When receiving the solution, the server generates a solution (S2002) and authenticates the client if the solution agrees with the solution received from the client (S2003). The server generates a new solution (S2004), encrypts a server certificate and an SSL certificate (S2005) by using the solution, and then transmits the certificates to the client (S2006). The client generates a new solution (S1005) and decrypts the server certificate and the SSL certificate by using the solution (S1006). The subsequent processing is identical to that of current SSL communications.

Abstract: A method may include setting, on the basis of an input by a player, a type of character among various types of characters as the character linked to the player. The method further includes commanding a display unit to display a progress indicator corresponding to the progress of a game. The method further includes accepting an input, by a player, corresponding to the progress indicator. The method further includes commanding a sound output unit to output narration voice that corresponds to the character set as linked to the player and that is related to the progress of the game.

Abstract: A security gate system includes an admission card and a security gate apparatus. The admission card has condition data that is data for specifying a condition to be satisfied when or before or after encrypted authentication data are transferred from the admission card to the security gate apparatus. When a user attempts to enter a building, authentication data including condition data are generated in the admission card 100 (S802), and encrypted into encrypted authentication data (S803). The encrypted authentication data are transmitted from the admission card to the security gate apparatus (S804, S904), and decrypted to be returned to the authentication data (S905). The security gate apparatus performs authentication determination which is a determination as to whether a condition specified by the condition data included in the authentication data is satisfied (S906), and opens a gate plate when a determination result is positive (S907).

Abstract: A computer realizes: a management function for managing first management information and second management information as information for managing game media having assigned thereto medium identifiers that are common for each same kind, the first management information indicating the medium identifiers and the number of game media possessed by a player, and the second management information indicating the medium identifiers and usage periods of game media having the usage periods set therefor; a determination function for determining game media available to the player based on the first management information and the second management information; and a set creation function for creating a medium set that includes a plurality of game media and that can include a plurality of game media of the same kind, based on an operation performed by the player to select from the game media available to the player, determined by the determination function.

Abstract: Provided is a data structure of virtual currency data with high safety. The virtual currency data, which is used in combination with a settlement device that accepts settlement when the virtual currency data is received from a predetermined device via a network and when predetermined conditions are satisfied, includes virtual currency encryption data which is data obtained by, according to a predetermined encryption method, encryption of issuer information including at least information on an issuer of the virtual currency data, amount information that is information for specifying a monetary value, and settlement condition information that is information on conditions for accepting payment with virtual currency.

Abstract: An information processing system is configured to execute: storing game media possessed by a player; storing, in a preliminary period, first group information for identifying game media corresponding to a first game condition in a first storage area and second group information for identifying game media corresponding to a second game condition in a second storage area; storing, in a post period, the second group information in the first storage area; enabling, in the preliminary period, the execution of games using the first and second group information; enabling, in the post period, the execution of a game using the second group information stored in the first storage area and disabling the execution of a game using the first group information; and storing, in the first storage area in the post period, the second group information stored in the second storage area in the preliminary period.

Abstract: A secure technology for allowing two communication devices intending to execute encrypted communication to have a common initial solution. A large number of user devices all have a function of generating the same solution under the same condition when the user devices have the same initial solution, and can execute encrypted communication through use of a synchronized solution successively generated from the same initial solution. Each of two server devices generates synchronization information which is not the initial solution itself and which is required by the two user devices intending to execute the communication to generate the same initial solution, and transmits the synchronization information to the two user devices each of which executes predetermined calculation on the two pieces of synchronization information, to thereby generate the same initial solution. After that, the two user devices execute the encrypted communication based on the same initial solution.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: generating a game medium group indicating a group of game media selected from among a plurality of game media; and generating and displaying identifying image information indicating image information that includes game medium identification information associated with each of the game media, the game medium identification information concerning an individual game media constituting the game medium group, and communication connection information for communicatively connecting to a particular communication destination in a communication network.

Abstract: Provided is a data structure of virtual currency data with high safety. The virtual currency data, which is used in combination with a settlement device that accepts settlement when the virtual currency data is received from a predetermined device via a network and when predetermined conditions are satisfied, includes virtual currency encryption data which is data obtained by, according to a predetermined encryption method, encryption of issuer information including at least information on an issuer of the virtual currency data, amount information that is information for specifying a monetary value, and settlement condition information that is information on conditions for accepting payment with virtual currency.

Abstract: A security gate system includes an admission card and a security gate apparatus. The admission card has condition data that is data for specifying a condition to be satisfied when or before or after encrypted authentication data are transferred from the admission card to the security gate apparatus. When a user attempts to enter a building, authentication data including condition data are generated in the admission card 100 (S802), and encrypted into encrypted authentication data (S803). The encrypted authentication data are transmitted from the admission card to the security gate apparatus (S804, S904), and decrypted to be returned to the authentication data (S905). The security gate apparatus performs authentication determination which is a determination as to whether a condition specified by the condition data included in the authentication data is satisfied (S906), and opens a gate plate when a determination result is positive (S907).

Abstract: A technique for preventing a man in the middle attack is proposed. A security gate system includes an admission card and a security gate apparatus. The admission card has condition data that is data for specifying a condition to be satisfied when or before or after encrypted authentication data are transferred from the admission card to the security gate apparatus. When a user attempts to enter a building, authentication data including condition data are generated in the admission card 100 (S802), and encrypted into encrypted authentication data (S803). The encrypted authentication data are transmitted from the admission card to the security gate apparatus (S804, S904), and decrypted to be returned to the authentication data (S905). The security gate apparatus performs authentication determination which is a determination as to whether a condition specified by the condition data included in the authentication data is satisfied (S906), and opens a gate plate when a determination result is positive (S907).

Abstract: The present invention appropriately gives game media to a player without lowering a game playability.

Abstract: A settlement system with higher security which replaces a settlement system using credit cards is provided. The settlement system has a user terminal, a settlement device, and a settlement terminal. First, a user ID, a password, and amount information identifying an amount are inputted in the settlement system (S912), and sent to the settlement device (S913). The settlement device performs credit determination (S922), generates temporary permission information if credit is possible (S923), and sends the temporary permission information to the user terminal (S924). The user terminal generates a one-time password (S915). The one-time password is inputted to the settlement terminal (S931). If the one-time password sent from the settlement terminal to the settlement device is identical to the one-time password created in the settlement device (S926), the settlement device allows a user's payment (S927).

Abstract: Provided is a highly practical cryptographic technology which is capable of being used when encryption and decryption are performed in a single data processing device and which can be said to be unbreakable, or close to unbreakable. A data processing device is configured to generate encrypted data by encrypting processing target data and record the generated encrypted data in a predetermined recording medium, and to decrypt the encrypted data recorded in the recording medium back into the processing target data. The processing target data is data of a text. Encryption is performed in units of plaintext split data generated by splitting the processing target data into pieces having a predetermined number of bits. The units of the splitting are equal to or shorter than a bit length of a code for identifying characters in the text.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section.

Abstract: A settlement system with higher security which replaces a settlement system using credit cards is provided. The settlement system has a user terminal, a settlement device, and a settlement terminal. First, a user ID, a password, and upper limit amount information identifying an amount are inputted in a user terminal 100 (S912), and sent to the settlement device (S913). The settlement device performs credit determination (S922), generates temporary permission information if credit is possible (S923), and sends the temporary permission information to the user terminal (S924). The user terminal generates a one-time password (S915). The one-time password is inputted to the settlement terminal (S931). If the one-time password sent from the settlement terminal to the settlement device is identical to the one-time password created in the settlement device, the settlement device allows a user's payment (S928).