Patent ID: 7926729

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first interface unit configured to connect with a memory medium; a second interface unit configured to connect with an external apparatus; a state setting unit configured to set, in accordance with a user instruction, either an access enable state for enabling access to the memory medium or an access disable state for disabling access to the memory medium; a mode setting unit configured to set a mode for reading data stored in the memory medium connected via said first interface unit and processing the read data without using the external apparatus connected via said second interface unit; and a control unit configured, in a case in which the mode for reading the data and processing the read data is set by said mode setting unit, to disable access to the memory medium from the external apparatus connected via said second interface unit even if the access enable state is set by said state setting unit, and in a case where another mode is set by said mode setting unit and the access enable state is set by said state setting unit, to allow access to the memory medium from the external apparatus connected via said second interface unit.