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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Kimbara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhito Inami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus starts a program from a recording medium while maintaining security of a program recorded on the recording medium. A detector detects a recording medium. A recording-medium starting section activates the recording medium detected by the detector to be in an accessible state. A program starting section performs an authentication check on the recording medium, reads a program from the recording medium when a result of the authentication check is normal, and starts an execution of the program.