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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Jongsook Eun, Tokyo, JP;
Jongsook Eun, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device includes: a storage medium control unit provided for each type of storage medium to at least read out information from the storage medium; a linkage unit that determines an application program corresponding to a type of a storage medium from which information is to be read out, through a first acquisition unit that acquires first correspondence information in which each application program is associated with a type of a storage medium from which the application program uses information, and determines a storage medium control unit corresponding to the type of the storage medium, through a second acquisition unit that acquires second correspondence information in which a storage medium control unit is associated with a type of a storage medium from which the storage medium control unit can read out information; and a management unit that enables the determined application program to use the determined storage medium control unit.