Patent ID: 7917670

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of connectors to each of which a removable storage device can be attached; a connection management unit for setting an electrically connected/not-connected state between the attached removable storage device and a corresponding connector among said plurality of connectors; a control unit for executing a job process for the attached removable storage device set in the electrically connected state with said corresponding connector; a history management unit for managing history information of the job process executed for the attached removable storage device set in the electrically connected state with said corresponding connector; and an authentication unit for executing a personal authentication process, wherein when the personal authentication process in said authentication unit is ended, said connection management unit sets the electrically connected state between said attached removable storage device and said corresponding connector to the not-connected state, based on whether or not there exists history information of the job process executed for the attached removable storage device set in the electrically connected state with said corresponding connector as managed by said history management unit.