Patent ID: 8627318

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first processing section that, in a first environment where a first operating system is running, executes a first process for a first application program, and generates a first identification information for identifying the first process; and a second processing section that, in a second environment where a second operating system is running, executes a second process for a second application program, and when the second process is instructed to be executed, requires the first processing section to generate a second identification information, and acquires the second identification information generated by the first processing section as identification information for identifying the second process, wherein upon requiring the first processing section to generate the second identification information, the second processing section sends an instruction to execute a third process to the first application program, and wherein after acquiring the second identification information generated in accordance with the instruction to execute the third process, the second processing section outputs an instruction to stop the third process for the first application program to the first processing section.