Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222446 | STATUS DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - an apparatus comprises a data display unit which causes a display device to output display data that indicates a drawing screen complying with the display request, a reliability decision unit which decides a legality of a transmission source of the display request, and which makes an output request for information capable of confirming a reliability of the display data that the data display unit causes the display device to output, on the basis of a result of the decision, and an output unit which outputs the information capable of confirming the reliability of the display data as complies with the output request from the reliability decision unit, separately from the display data that is caused to be outputted by the data display unit. | 09-11-2008 |
20080282316 | Information processing apparatus, program and method for transmitting content in security scheme according to license policy - An information processing apparatus is connectable to a user device over a network. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor transmits, in response to reception of a request for a particular item of content, an identification of a security scheme which is applicable to transmission of the particular item of content in accordance with a license policy. When the item of content can be received by the user device in the security scheme, the processor transmits the item of content in the security scheme. | 11-13-2008 |
20090240924 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An information processing device disclosed includes a plurality of executing units for executing various processes. The information processing device and method thereof acquire setting information that indicates an operating condition with respect to each executing unit from information an operation of a main process executed by the plurality of executing units, and sets an operating state of each of the executing units based on the acquired setting information. | 09-24-2009 |
20100024040 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, DATA SECURITY SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A communication control device configured to access an information processing apparatus in which data is stored. The device and method acquires an operational condition of an information processing apparatus, and notifies the information processing apparatus of a security command for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a security process on the data in an event that an operational condition is activated and, in an event that the operational condition is a standby mode, a hibernate mode, or a shutdown mode, notifies the information processing apparatus of an activation command for activating the information processing apparatus, and notifies of a security command for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a security process on the data. | 01-28-2010 |
20100077485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An apparatus having a communication section operable to communicate with a central apparatus, and a storage control section operable to control writing onto, and reading from, a storage medium. The apparatus receives a control command transmitted from the central apparatus. The apparatus, if the received command is a security command, acquires process information indicating information on the security process. The apparatus transmits the process information acquired to the central apparatus. The apparatus, if the received command is a security command, executes the security process. The apparatus, if the received command is an inquiry command, acquires the status of the execution of the security process. The apparatus transmits the security process execution status acquired to the central apparatus. The apparatus, if the execution of the security process is completed, transmits the fact that the execution of the security process in the storage medium is completed to the central apparatus. | 03-25-2010 |
20100159881 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A method for controlling a stop and a recovery of a communication function for performing external communication, the method includes acquiring an operation condition of a main body of the computer while the communication function is stopped, determining whether the communication function is recoverable based on the acquired operation condition, and limiting use of the main body of the computer when the communication function is determined to be recoverable. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161772 | CONTROL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A control assistance system and method include transmitting identification information and part identification information of a managed apparatus, storing identification information of the managed apparatus and the part identification information in a correspondence manner, specifying a combination of parts of the managed apparatus based on a correspondence between the identification information received from the managed apparatus and the identification information stored in the database, writing the received identification information in the database according to the specified combination of parts of the managed apparatus and transmitting a signal of restricting an operation to the specified managed apparatus. | 06-24-2010 |
20100235575 | STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD FOR ACCESSING STORAGE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR ACCESSING STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device that stores data accessed by a host device via an interface includes a deactivation executing part performing a plurality of deactivating processes deactivating access to the data at different levels via the interface; a setting information storing part storing setting information which includes deactivation identifying information identifying the deactivating process and a condition under which the deactivating process is performed; a judging part referring to the setting information stored on the setting information storing part, comparing the condition represented by the setting information with an operation state of the storage device, and judging whether the condition represented by the setting information is satisfied or not; and a deactivation control part ordering the deactivation executing part to execute one of the plurality of deactivating processes identified with the deactivation identifying information represented by the setting information when the judging part has judged that the condition is satisfied. | 09-16-2010 |
20110004738 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data storage device for storing and managing data includes a data memory, an input unit, a data writer, and a data deleter. The data memory stores data. The data memory includes a preferential deletion area for storing data which needs to be preferentially deleted. The input unit accepts input data. The data writer stores the input data in the data memory. The data deleter deletes data stored in the data memory. The data deleter starts to delete data stored in the preferential deletion area before starting to delete data stored in the data memory other than the preferential deletion area when a predefined condition is satisfied. | 01-06-2011 |
20110087748 | DATA PROCESSOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium for recording a program allowing a computer to execute: determining whether first identification information of the computer matches with second identification information stored in the computer-readable medium connected to the computer; executing a process stored in the computer-readable medium upon the determining that the first identification information and the second identification information do not match; selecting a communication unit from one or a plurality of communication units included in the computer; and transmitting third information regarding the execution of the process using the selected communication unit. | 04-14-2011 |
20110088084 | INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD - A storage apparatus includes: an access acceptance unit to receive an access request associated with an access from a host apparatus; an authentication processing unit to judge whether the access is authenticated or unauthenticated; a storage unit including a first area that stores first data and a second area that stores second data serving as a substitute for the first data; a data switching unit to allow, when the access acceptance unit judges the access as authenticated, the access to the first area and switches the access to the second area in a case where the authentication processing unit judges the access as unauthenticated, the access to the second data in the second area being provided to disguise that the access was unauthenticated. | 04-14-2011 |
20110213899 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING SECURITY PROCESSING AND SECURITY PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that executes security processing for a storage device connected thereto, the apparatus includes a processing command storage unit that stores a plurality of processing commands related to security processing according to a type of the storage device, a determining unit that determines the type of the storage device connected thereto, an obtaining unit that obtains a processing command corresponding to the type determined by the determining unit from the processing command storage unit, and an executing unit that executes the security processing corresponding to the storage device based on the obtained processing command. | 09-01-2011 |
20110231672 | ADAPTER FOR PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF DISABLING DATA ACCESS - A portable storage medium adapter, which is connected to a computer to store data received from the computer in a portable storage medium, includes a holding part that detachably holds the portable storage medium, a detecting part that detects an unloading operation of the portable storage medium by a user, and a disablement executing part that executes a disabling process to disable external access to the data stored in the portable storage medium at a time when the unloading operation is detected in the detecting part. | 09-22-2011 |
20110246738 | STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, REGISTRATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A storage device includes a switching unit which switches an access destination in a storage area between a first storage area and a second storage area in response to an access request from a host device; and a nonvolatile storage medium which stores a first host device information used to identify the host device in the second storage area, and a software module executed by a CPU provided in the host device, the software module comprising causing the an authority grant unit which transmits a control signal for switching the access destination to the first storage area to the switching unit of the storage device, when the acquired first and second host device information are compared to find that the first and second host device information match with each other. | 10-06-2011 |
20110320801 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND START-UP METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes, a processer, a non-volatile memory to store a plurality of programs, a volatile memory to store at least one program executed by the processor and data accessed by the program, an acceptance unit to accept context information when power supplied to the processor is resumed from a state in which power supplied to the processor is interrupted while a power supplied to the volatile memory is maintained, a selection unit to select one program from the plurality of programs stored in the non-volatile memory based on context information accepted by the acceptance unit, and a program determination unit to determine whether the one program selected by the selection unit is stored in the volatile memory. When the processor determines the one program selected by the program determination unit is stored in the volatile memory, the processor starts the one program stored in the volatile memory. | 12-29-2011 |
20120254352 | APPLICATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD - A communication terminal and a web server that provides a resource of a web application to the communication terminal are provided. The web server includes a storing control unit that stores, when a content edited by a web application that is executed by the communication terminal is detected, the edited content in the resource of the web application. Furthermore, the web server includes an application providing unit that provides, when an application request for the web application is detected from the communication terminal, the resource of the web application to the communication terminal that executes the application request. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254411 | APPLICATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An application providing system has a communication terminal, a Web server that manages resources of Web applications, and a push server that manages storage location addresses of resources. The push server has an address managing unit that manages a terminal ID, a storage location address, and providing timing in a manner associated with one another. The push server further has a timing monitoring unit that monitors the providing timing. The push server further has a push transmitting unit that transmits a storage location address of a resource of a Web application associated with providing timing to a communication terminal associated with the providing timing upon detection of the providing timing to cache the resource of the Web application corresponding to the providing timing in the communication terminal. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254637 | INFORMATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF REDUCING INFORMATION LEAKAGE - An information terminal includes: a storage unit to store information; a data encryption unit to encrypt the information and decrypt the encrypted information using an encryption key; a pre-deletion unit to delete the encryption key; a signal detection unit to detect an interruption signal; a pre-deletion setting unit to instruct the pre-deletion unit to delete the encryption key in response to the detection of the interruption signal; and a deletion stop unit to stop deletion of the encryption key by the pre-deletion unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20140258665 | STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, REGISTRATION METHOD, ADN RECORDING MEDIUM - A storage device includes a switching unit which switches an access destination in a storage area between a first storage area and a second storage area in response to an access request from a host device; and a nonvolatile storage medium which stores a first host device information used to identify the host device in the second storage area, and a software module executed by a CPU provided in the host device, the software module comprising causing an authority grant unit which transmits a control signal for switching the access destination to the first storage area to the switching unit of the storage device, when the acquired first and second host device information are compared to find that the first and second host device information match with each other. | 09-11-2014 |
20150019616 | APPLICATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An application providing system has a communication terminal, a Web server that manages resources of Web applications, and a push server that manages storage location addresses of resources. The push server has an address managing unit that manages a terminal ID, a storage location address, and providing timing in a manner associated with one another. The push server further has a timing monitoring unit that monitors the providing timing. The push server further has a push transmitting unit that transmits a storage location address of a resource of a Web application associated with providing timing to a communication terminal associated with the providing timing upon detection of the providing timing to cache the resource of the Web application corresponding to the providing timing in the communication terminal. | 01-15-2015 |