Patent ID: 8612642

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an interface unit configured to electrically connect with a peripheral device capable of receiving a memory storage medium inserted into the peripheral device and electrically connected thereto; a connection detection unit configured to detect an interruption in the electrical connection between the interface unit and the peripheral device; a control unit configured to prevent the memory storage medium, once unmounted and inserted into the peripheral device, from being mounted again after the connection detection unit detects the interruption; and a storage unit configured to store information for identifying the memory storage medium that is prevented from being mounted again by the control unit and information for identifying the peripheral device in which the storage medium is inserted, wherein the control unit determines, if the memory storage medium inserted into the peripheral device detected by the connection detection unit is the memory storage medium which is identified by information stored in the storage unit, that the memory storage medium, which is prevented from being mounted by the control unit, is inserted into the peripheral device detected by the connection detection unit, wherein the control unit detects that the memory storage medium has been removed from the peripheral device, and wherein the storage unit deletes information for identifying the memory storage medium and for identifying the peripheral device, according to the control unit detecting that the storage medium has been removed from the peripheral device.