Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Naoyuki Araki

Yasumichi Tsukamoto

Mikio Hagiwara

Ken Sasaki

Yusaku Morishige

Kazuya Shibayama

Daisuke Watanabe

Eitaroh Kasamatsu

Takahide Wada

Mamoru Okada

Yuuki Matsuura

Akihiro Miyano

The information processing apparatus includes a pointing stick which is disposed on a keyboard, has an operable stick and is possible to detect a displacement in an installation plane direction of the stick and a displacement in a direction which is vertical to the installation plane and a main control unit which displays a predetermined menu screen on a display unit in a case where the pointing stick detects a specific operation which includes the displacement of the stick in the vertical direction.

Information processing apparatus and controlling method

An apparatus to shorten the time taken for executing a booting process includes, in one embodiment, a connection processing unit that establishes communication with and acquires information from a plurality of devices that are communicably coupled externally to an information processing device, the information relating to the plurality of devices regardless of whether a booting process is executed. The apparatus also includes a communication control unit that executes communication with each of the plurality of devices during the booting process, and a first processing unit that one of enables or disables communication between the communication control unit and a selected one of the plurality of devices in response to the acquired information related to the selected one of the plurality of devices. A method and a computer program product also perform functions of the apparatus.

Boot times in an information processing device with externally connected devices

An information processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to write setting data to be used for boot processing by BIOS (Basic Input Output System) in a predetermined area of a non-volatile memory in an order of changing, and execute the boot processing based on the setting data; a writing unit configured to write at least one tag in the predetermined area of the non-volatile memory at a predetermined timing during the boot processing, the tag corresponding to the timing; and an instruction unit configured to instruct the processing unit to execute the boot processing using setting data written before the tag in the predetermined area of the non-volatile memory.

Information processing apparatus, control method, and program

A computer is made usable in a short time using a fingerprint authentication device. When a fingerprint authentication device performs authentication successfully, the fingerprint authentication device sends a startup signal to a power controller via a line. The power controller controls a DC/DC converter to supply power to devices. The fingerprint authentication device sets whether normal boot or fast boot that is completed in a shorter time than the normal boot is successful, in a register via a line. In the fast boot, initialization of a USB interface of a line and password input by a user are skipped, and a BIOS accesses a system by single sign-on using a password stored in a secure area.

Method of starting a computer using a biometric authentication device

A method for protecting a password of a computer having a non-volatile memory is disclosed. A password is stored in a non-volatile memory of a computer. The computer is then transitioned to a power saving state. In response to a detection of an unauthorized access to the non-volatile memory during the power saving state transition, a password input is requested from a user. The computer returns to a power-on state from the power saving state when there is a success in authentication of the input password.

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Yokohama, Japan

Naoyuki Araki