Patent ID: 8443143

Claim:
A multifunction peripheral which can be connected to a network capable of connecting a plurality of terminal devices and to which a removable memory card is set, the multifunction peripheral comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire, when the removable memory card is set to the multifunction peripheral, identifying information for identifying at least one terminal device which is permitted to access the removable memory card set to the multifunction peripheral; a selecting unit configured to select at least one terminal device that is permitted to access the removable memory card which has been set to the multifunction peripheral via the network in accordance with the identifying information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a control unit configured to permit the terminal device selected by the selecting unit to access the removable memory card which has been set to the multifunction peripheral and to invalidate, if the set removable memory card is removed from the multifunction peripheral, the permission for the terminal device selected by the selecting unit to prevent the terminal device from accessing another removable memory card set to the multifunction peripheral.