Patent ID: 9268726
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus able to communicate with first and second external apparatuses, comprising: a connection unit configured to communicate with an external portable memory; a judgment unit configured to determine whether the first external apparatus mounts the external portable memory in a case where the information processing apparatus which is in communication with the first external apparatus receives a processing request from the second external apparatus; a request unit configured to transmit an unmount request for unmounting the external portable memory to the first external apparatus in a case where said judgment unit determines that the first external apparatus mounts the external portable memory; a receiving unit configured to receive an unmount instruction which is transmitted from the first external apparatus according to the unmount request transmitted by the request unit; a processing unit configured to execute an unmount process for unmounting the external portable memory according to the unmount instruction received by the receiving unit; and a communication control unit configured to disconnect communication with the first external apparatus and start communication with the second external apparatus after the processing unit executes the unmount process.