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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2011
Applicant:

Fumio Mikami, Chigasaki, JP;

Inventor:

Fumio Mikami, Chigasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/608 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a setting unit configured to set a level of data deletion used for executing a job, an identification unit configured to identify a storage unit to be used for the job, and a control unit configured to, if the set level is a predetermined level and the identified storage unit is the first storage unit, store data of the job into the first storage unit and overwrite the stored data when the job is executed, and configured to, if the set level is the predetermined level and the identified storage unit is the second storage unit, encrypt data of the job and store the encrypted data into the second storage unit when the job is executed.


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