Patent ID: 8582134

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a processing function that is configured to process information; a data providing device that is configured to provide first image data to the information processing apparatus; a specifying device that is configured to specify at least one wallpaper image; a storage device that is configured to store image data for the at least one wallpaper image specified by the specifying device as second image data; a setting device that is configured to selectively set: a security set state in which operation of the processing function in not allowed, and a security release state in which operation of the processing function is allowed; a determination device that is configured to determine whether the first image data matches the second image data; a changing device that is configured to instruct the setting device, when it is determined by the determination device that the first image data matches the second image data, to change one of security set state and the security release state which is previously set to the other state; an inquiry device configured to inquire whether to perform security setting using the at least one wallpaper image specified by the specifying device; and a control device that is configured to: allow operation of the changing device in accordance with instructions to perform security setting in response to the inquiry by the inquiry device, and display the at least one wallpaper image specified by the specifying device on the display unit as a waiting state screen in accordance with instructions not to perform security setting in response to the inquiry by the inquiry device.