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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2019
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Kazuya Shibayama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuki Matsuura, Yokohama, JP;
Yusaku Morishige, Yokohama, JP;
Naoyuki Araki, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
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.