Patent ID: 9411720
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus that is equipped with an overwrite deletion function for overwriting data stored in a nonvolatile memory device, and a hibernation function for causing data stored in a volatile memory device to be stored in the nonvolatile memory device, comprising: a non-transitory memory device; a processor; an input unit configured to receive an instruction for enabling the overwrite deletion function or the hibernation function; and a control unit configured to perform a control, in a case where one of the overwrite deletion function and the hibernation function is enabled, such that the other function is disabled, wherein when said input unit receives the instruction for enabling one of the overwrite deletion function and the hibernation function and the other function has been set to be enabled, said control unit inhibits the one function from being set to be enabled, or sets the other function to be disabled and sets the one function to be enabled, and wherein the control unit is implemented at least in part by the processor executing at least one program recorded on the non-transitory memory device.