The present invention is to provide a memory rental service system in an
intelligent authentication unit, the system allowing an application
operating entity to set up or change any application freely and easily at
a reduced cost of operating the application. In other words, the system
is to separately lease one or more specific areas of a memory in the
intelligent authentication unit (IAU) for independently authenticating
personal identification such as fingerprints, to one or more operators
who operate specific applications. A write API distributed to the
operator is used to write the contents such as data or a program written
in a specific area, while a read/write API is used to authenticate
personal identification so as to read the written contents such as the
data or program stored in the specific area and operate the application
specified by the APL.