Patent ID: 8335869

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a connection unit which a portable data storage apparatus is adapted to be communicably coupled to, the portable data storage apparatus comprising a storage unit, and reading or writing data from or to the storage unit according to only an access from the information processing apparatus; a connection detecting unit which detects coupling of the portable data storage apparatus to the connection unit; a timer which measures a time duration that elapses under a connection state, in which the portable data storage apparatus is coupled; an alerting unit which alerts a user of the information processing apparatus when it is detected by the timer that a predetermined time duration elapses; and an alert controlling unit which is capable of restraining the alert given by the alerting unit, wherein the alert controlling unit restrains the alert given by the alerting unit, if a user of the information processing apparatus is a specific authorized user relating to the information processing apparatus when the timer detects that the predetermined time duration elapses.