Patent ID: 9367259
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic device comprising: a target selection unit configured to select, as a mirroring target, a setting value of each of items of the electronic device if the setting value is different from an initial value; a priority determination unit configured to determine a priority of mirroring, designated for a setting value serving as the mirroring target; and a mirroring execution unit configured to perform the mirroring so as to cause a setting value whose determined priority is relatively high to remain on a priority basis, wherein the priority determination unit is configured to perform comparative determination on a priority of at least one of an existing setting value and a plurality of existing setting values stored within mirroring regions used for storing the setting values and the priority of the setting value serving as the mirroring target, wherein the existing setting value serving as a target of the comparative determination has a data size larger than the setting value serving as the mirroring target, and wherein the plurality of setting values serving as a target of the comparative determination has a data size in total that is larger than the setting value serving as a mirroring target.