Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device having a first interface section meeting a USB standard for connection to host equipment, a NAND memory section that is a first semiconductor memory section, a second interface section to which small memory cards can be connected, each small memory card having a second semiconductor memory section, and a controller capable of controlling the NAND memory section and the second semiconductor memory sections by one linear address.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises an input unit inputting an address and data; a storage unit storing data and a FAT; an address conversion unit converting the address; an access unit accessing the storage unit according to the converted address; a detection unit detecting a format of the FAT; and an alteration unit altering conversion rules in the address conversion unit according to the detection.

Abstract: A USB memory includes: a USB terminal unit, a main unit which incorporates therein a NAND memory and a processor module; and a rotation portion which changes a relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module switches an access management mode to a first access management mode or a second access management mode depending on the relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module manages data stored in the NAND memory such that data having been stored under the first access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the second access management mode and that data having been stored under the second access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the first access management mode.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device having a first interface section meeting a USB standard for connection to host equipment, a NAND memory section that is a first semiconductor memory section, a second interface section to which small memory cards can be connected, each small memory card having a second semiconductor memory section, and a controller capable of controlling the NAND memory section and the second semiconductor memory sections by one linear address.

Abstract: A host device exchanging information with a memory card, the host device including: a charge management module configured to receive payment of a charge corresponding to an increased amount of a usable area if a capacity of the usable area of the memory card for saving user data is increased, and pay out a charge corresponding to the reduced amount of the usable area if the capacity of the usable area is reduced; and a transmission module configured to transmit an area changing command to instruct an increase or a reduction of the usable area in accordance with the charge to the memory card.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises an input unit inputting an address and data; a storage unit storing data and a FAT; an address conversion unit converting the address; an access unit accessing the storage unit according to the converted address; a detection unit detecting a format of the FAT; and an alteration unit altering conversion rules in the address conversion unit according to the detection.

Abstract: A memory card device includes a host interface unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host apparatus, the commands including at least a memory access command with a memory address of a specific bit width, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which includes a storage area whose memory size is larger than a maximum memory size that is addressable by the memory address, a bank identification number management unit configured to divide the storage area into a plurality of banks and manage a plurality of bank identification numbers corresponding to the banks, a bank designation unit configured to designate one of the banks in accordance with a bank identification number included in a bank designation command transmitted from the host apparatus, and a memory control unit configured to access the designated one of the banks in accordance with the memory access command with the memory address.

Abstract: A memory card device includes a host interface unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host apparatus, the commands including at least a memory access command with a memory address of a specific bit width, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which includes a storage area whose memory size is larger than a maximum memory size that is addressable by the memory address, a bank identification number management unit configured to divide the storage area into a plurality of banks and manage a plurality of bank identification numbers corresponding to the banks, a bank designation unit configured to designate one of the banks in accordance with a bank identification number included in a bank designation command transmitted from the host apparatus, and a memory control unit configured to access the designated one of the banks in accordance with the memory access command with the memory address.

Abstract: A host device exchanging information with a memory card, the host device including: a charge management module configured to receive payment of a charge corresponding to an increased amount of a usable area if a capacity of the usable area of the memory card for saving user data is increased, and pay out a charge corresponding to the reduced amount of the usable area if the capacity of the usable area is reduced; and a transmission module configured to transmit an area changing command to instruct an increase or a reduction of the usable area in accordance with the charge to the memory card.

Abstract: Information service receiving apparatus having a managing information reader for reading managing information prestored in a removable storage medium while the storage medium is inserted, principal information capturor for capturing principal information which is provided by a predetermined information service provider, a specific information extractor for extracting specific information, which has a predetermined relationship with a key code contained in the managing information readout by the managing information reader, from the principal information captured by the principal information capturer and a data writer for writing the specific information extracted by the specific information extractor in the inserted storage medium.