Patent ID: 11861992
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory having:
a first memory area configured to store first software that is required software for a minimum required operation of the information processing apparatus; and
a second memory area that is accessible separately from the first memory area, the second memory configured to store second software, the second software is software that is different from the first software and that does not affect the minimum required operation of the information processing apparatus; and

a processor having programmed instructions to:
enable execution of the first software stored in the first memory area and the second software stored in the second memory area when an elapsed time since successful application of a security patch for the information processing apparatus is less than a threshold time; and
enable execution of the first software and disable execution of the second software when the elapsed time is greater than or equal to the threshold time.