INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IN A MAINTENANCE MODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM.

• US 20170177281A1
• Filed: 02/16/2017
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugano, Yasuharu
• Granted Patent: US 10,437,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/85 interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0622 in relation to access
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0897 involving additional devices, e.g. trusted platform module [TPM], smartcard or USB
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3234 involving additional secure or trusted devices, e.g. TPM, smartcard, USB or software token network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using an additional device in a packet data network H04L63/0853
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same, settings for prohibiting an access to a removable medium is performed, and even if the setting is set, the access to the removable medium is permitted in a case where the information processing apparatus is activated in the maintenance mode.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor coupled to a memory device and programmed to provide;

a setting unit configured to perform a setting for limiting access by users to a removable storage medium connected to the information processing apparatus; and

a controller configured to perform control to limit access by the users to the removable storage medium in a case where the setting for limiting access to the removable storage medium is set by the setting unit and the information processing apparatus is not operated in a maintenance mode or a service mode, and to permit access by the users to write information from the information processing apparatus to the removable storage medium in a case where the setting for limiting access to the removable storage medium is set by the setting unit and the information processing apparatus is operated in the maintenance mode or the service mode,

wherein the maintenance mode and the service mode of the information processing apparatus are activated by a predetermined input via an operation panel of the information processing apparatus.

16. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:

performing a setting for limiting access by users to a removable storage medium connected to the information processing apparatus;

controlling to limit access by the users to the removable storage medium in a case where the setting for limiting access to the removable storage medium is set in the setting step and the information processing apparatus is not operated in a maintenance mode or a service mode; and

controlling to permit access by the users to write information from the information processing apparatus to the removable storage medium in a case where the setting for limiting access to the removable storage medium is set in the setting step and the information processing apparatus is operated in the maintenance mode or the service mode,

wherein the maintenance mode and the service mode of the information processing apparatus are activated by a predetermined input via an operation panel of the information processing apparatus.