Patent ID: 8495704

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage medium; and a processor configured to receive a first control command transmitted from a central apparatus via a communication section, acquire process information that indicates information relating to an execution of a security process in the storage medium when the first control command received is a security command that instructs the execution of the security process which disables information stored in the storage medium, the process information includes at least one of a storage capacity of the storage medium, a model name of the storage medium, and an estimated time for completing a formatting process of the storage medium, transmit, via an SMS message, the process information acquired to the central apparatus via the communication section, execute the security process in the storage medium when the first control command received is the security command that instructs the execution of the security process, receive a second control command transmitted from the central apparatus, acquire a status of the execution of the security process when the second control command received is an inquiry command that inquires about the status of the execution of the security process, transmit the security process execution status acquired to the central apparatus via the communication section, and transmit a fact that the execution of the security process in the storage medium is completed to the central apparatus when the execution of the security process is completed.