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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Minako Takigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Minako Takigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An disclosed information processing apparatus includes a memory unit for storing first setting-values for setting-items for a program in accordance with multiple priority levels, a given one of the setting-items being for one or more of the first setting-values, and each of the first setting-values having one of the priority levels assigned thereto; a setting information management unit for obtaining the first setting-values from the memory unit, and creating second setting-values by selecting, as one of the second setting-values, one of the first setting-values for any given setting-item from the first setting-values for the given setting-item such that the one of the first setting-values selected for the given setting-item has a highest priority level among the first setting-values for the given setting-item; and a program management unit for starting the program that operates based on the created second setting values.