Patent ID: 8670138
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to perform control of entire information processing apparatus; and a communication control unit configured to operate as a normal mode for transmitting and receiving information concerning the information processing apparatus via a network, wherein, at a time of startup of the information processing apparatus, the control unit executes sequentially, a plurality of processing which the control unit should perform at the time of startup, and writes information indicating that processing has been completed into a predetermined storage area each time processing is completed, wherein, at the time of startup of the information processing apparatus, an operation mode of the communication control unit is shifted to a monitoring mode, wherein the communication control unit, which has been shifted to the monitoring mode, monitors occurrence of abnormality at the time of startup, based on presence/absence of writing of information indicating that processing to be executed last among the plurality of processing has been completed, into the predetermined storage area, wherein, in response to abnormality having occurred, the communication control unit, which has been shifted to the monitoring mode, outputs occurrence of the abnormality to a network, and wherein, in response to information, which indicates that processing to be executed last among the plurality of processing has been completed without occurrence of any abnormality, being written into the predetermined storage area, the operation mode of the communication control unit is shifted to the normal mode from the monitoring mode.