Patent 11983177 was granted and assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment on May, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An attribute information setting section loads information indicating whether or not access to each of a plurality of files is allowed, into a memory. A readout request receiving section receives a readout request including a file path from a program. A hash value deriving section derives a hash value of a file path included in the readout request. A file confirming section confirms whether or not the derived hash value matches with one of hash values of the files included in software. A determining section refers to the information loaded into the memory by the attribute information setting section in a case in which matching of the hash values is confirmed, to thereby determine whether or not a process on the file which has been subjected to the readout request is executable.