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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus comprises a first storage that stores a boot program, and a second storage that stores hardware configuration information of the information processing apparatus. At activation of the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus verifies a validity of the hardware configuration information stored in the second storage by executing the boot program, and in a case that the validity of the hardware configuration information is verified, the information processing apparatus adds unique information that depends on an individual of the information processing apparatus by executing the boot program to the hardware configuration information of the second storage.