INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20080320570A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yato, Shinsuke
• Application Number:
  US12/143,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit which receives and transmits a voice call wireless signal with a base station, an acceptance unit which accepts instructions related to a privacy protection operation using the voice call wireless signal received by the wireless communication unit, and a control unit which controls the privacy protection operation in accordance with the instructions accepted by the acceptance unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to receive a first wireless signal comprising a voice communication from one of a plurality of base stations and configured to transmit a second wireless signal comprising a voice communication to one of a plurality of base stations;

an acceptance module configured to process instructions related to a privacy protection operation in the first wireless signal; and

a controller configured to control the privacy protection operation in accordance with the instructions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a forced-power-off module configured to turn off the information processing apparatus,

and wherein the controller is configured to cause the forced-power-off module to turn off of the information processing apparatus if the information processing apparatus is in a power-on state when the acceptance module processes the instructions.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a password change module configured to change a booting password from a first password to a predetermined second password for emergency, the booting password is required when the information processing apparatus boots,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the password change module to change the booting password when an instruction processed by the acceptance module is a password change.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a lock module configured to activate a lock function of requiring acquisition of a predetermined key from an external key device as a condition for the information processing apparatus to boot,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the lock module to activate the lock function when an instruction received at the acceptance module is of an activation of the lock function.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acceptance module comprises:

a transmission module configured to send a guidance message of requesting an input of a collation password via the wireless communication module;

a reception module configured to receive a password via the wireless communication module in response to the guidance message

a control code storage module that is configured to hold a password to be transmitted on the wireless signal; and

a determining module configured to determine whether or not the received password corresponds to the password held in the control code storage module.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the acceptance module further comprises:

a second transmission module configured to send a guidance message to a user requesting to select privacy protection operations via the wireless communication means; and

a third transmission module configured to transmit the selected privacy protection operation according to an instruction in response to the guidance message to the controller.

7. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a wireless modem comprising a wireless communication module configured to receive a first wireless signal comprising voice communication from one of a plurality of base stations and configured to transmit a second wireless signal comprising voice communication to one of a plurality of base stations, and an acceptance module configured to process instructions related to a privacy protection operation in the first wireless signal;

a privacy protection module configured to carry out a privacy protection operation in accordance with an instruction processed by the acceptance module of the wireless modem; and

a power control module configured to constantly supply power to the wireless modem regardless of a power state of the information processing apparatus.