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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2010
Masahiro Iwadate, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Iwadate, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit that accepts from a user a command relating to security; a setting unit that makes a setting relating to security of the information processing apparatus based upon the command from the user accepted by the accepting unit; a recording unit that performs the following operation in a case where the accepting unit has accepted a command for changing a security-related setting that has already been made by the setting unit: before the setting unit changes the security-related setting, the recording unit records an event, among events that occur in the information processing apparatus, the content of which will be different between a case where the security-related setting is changed and a case where the security-related setting is not changed; and a notification unit that notifies the user based upon the event that has been recorded by the recording unit.