Patent ID: 7281164
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing device connectable to a network including one or plural computers, comprising: a first storage that stores first basic software to be executed by said information processing device in a case where an operating mode is a first operating mode; a second storage that is provided separate from said first storage and stores second basic software to be executed by said information processing device in a case where the operating mode is a second operating mode; and a processing unit that makes a boot program operate and also makes said first basic software or said second basic software operate, said boot program making said information processing device recognize whether the operating mode is said first operating mode or said second operating mode, said processing unit making said first basic software or said second basic software operate based on the recognition of the operating mode at a time of starting of said boot program, wherein said first storage and said second storage are incorporated in said information processing device, wherein said first basic software includes a program for restoration or update of said second basic software or for a device diagnosis, and wherein said second basic software includes software that makes the information processing device read-in data including recovery data via the network from an opposite device on the network based on starting of said second basic software.