Patent ID: 7979467
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information processing device including a microcomputer, the information processing device comprising: a lock section that disables an authorization processing function of the information processing device under a given condition; a creation section that creates a first lock release file that is configured to enable the authorization processing function disabled by the lock section; a communication section that connects to a information management device; a transmission section that transmits the first lock release file created by the creation section through the communication section to the information management device; a reception section that receives through the communication section, a second lock release file which is transmitted as a reply from the information management device based on the first lock release file; a search section that, using the microcomputer, obtains first communication route information indicating a communication route from the information processing device to the information management device, a judgment section that, using the microcomputer, determines whether the second lock release file is valid by determining whether the second file is transmitted from the information management device; and a release section that enables the authorization processing function disabled by the lock section when the second lock release file is determined to be valid by the judgment section, wherein the second lock release file includes information relating to the information management device, the information relating to the information management device includes second communication route information, the judgment section checks the first communication route information and the second communication route information, and the judgment section, when the second communication route information corresponds to the first communication route information and indicates a communication route from the information management device to the information processing device, determines the second lock release file to be valid.