Abstract: An encryption processing system in which an application accesses a security module, via software, from a device driver that communicates with the software, in which the software issues an identifier for managing a session for each access request from the application, to identify accesses from plural applications, and notifies the device driver of identifiers together with commands.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes three integrated circuits. One of the integrated circuits includes: a first connector configured to connect to a device; and a transmitter. The transmitter is configured to transmit to another integrated circuit, first data on each of a plurality of pieces of packet data. The transmitter is also configured to, when the first connector is connected to the device, while a second controller is performing a second process, transmit, to a first controller, a request to process data transmitted from the device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first integrated circuit including a first controller that processes data acquired from a device and that controls an operation of the device; a second integrated circuit including a second controller with a higher processing speed than a processing speed of the first controller; and a third integrated circuit including a first connection unit connectable to the device. The third integrated circuit includes a second connection unit connectable to the first integrated circuit, a third connection unit connectable to the second integrated circuit, and a setting unit that, when the device is connected to the first connection unit, sets an integrated circuit to be connected, in accordance with a communication speed of the connected device.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first controller compliant with a first storage standard, a second controller compliant with a second storage standard, a switching unit that switches setting information between first setting information corresponding to the first storage standard and second setting information corresponding to the second storage standard, and a connection establishing unit that executes processing of establishing connection between an external storage device and one of the first controller or the second controller, the one of the first controller or the second controller compliant with the setting information set by the switching of the switching unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a volatile memory that stores data, a controller that controls an operation of a device, an interface that temporarily stores data input from the device, a writing unit that controls writing of the data on the volatile memory, a first communication pathway that connects the interface to the writing unit and is used to transmit the data acquired by the interface to the volatile memory and to transfer the data written on the volatile memory, a second communication pathway that connects the interface to the writing unit and does not share a route with the first communication pathway, and a switching unit that switches a communication path used to transmit data from the interface to the volatile memory from the first communication pathway to the second communication pathway if the interface has received image data from the device.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a connection unit that connects, through a network, to a terminal apparatus to be managed, an authentication unit that authenticates the terminal apparatus using predetermined authentication information, a specific state determination unit that determines whether a predetermined specific state, in which a normal connection is not established, has occurred in relation to the terminal apparatus, and a connection controller that controls data communication with the terminal apparatus on a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authentication unit and a result of the determination made by the specific state determination unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a first controller which processes data obtained from a device and which controls operations of the device. The second integrated circuit includes a second controller whose data processing speed is faster than the data processing speed of the first controller. When the second controller performs a second process with greater priority than a first process after start of the first process and before completion of the first process, the second controller determines whether or not the first controller is to restart the first process on the basis of a condition defined as to data subjected to the first process.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a radio wave intensity information obtaining unit that obtains radio wave intensity information indicating intensity of radio waves transmitted from a terminal device being managed; a radio wave intensity examination unit that examines a change in intensity of radio waves transmitted from the terminal device, on the basis of the obtained radio wave intensity information; an arrangement information obtaining unit that obtains arrangement information of an item installed indoors; a terminal information holding unit that holds information on the terminal device; and a disturbance determination unit that determines presence and type of radio disturbance, on the basis of a pattern of the change in intensity of radio waves detected by the radio wave intensity examination unit, the arrangement information obtained by the arrangement information obtaining unit, and the information on the terminal device held by the terminal information holding unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first integrated circuit including a first controller that processes data acquired from a device and that controls an operation of the device; a second integrated circuit including a second controller with a higher processing speed than a processing speed of the first controller; and a third integrated circuit including a first connection unit connectable to the device. The third integrated circuit includes a second connection unit connectable to the first integrated circuit, a third connection unit connectable to the second integrated circuit, and a setting unit that, when the device is connected to the first connection unit, sets an integrated circuit to be connected, in accordance with a communication speed of the connected device.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a setup information management unit, and a communication controller. The first connection unit is connectable to a terminal apparatus via a wireless communication link. The terminal apparatus serves as a target being managed. The second connection unit is connectable to the terminal apparatus via at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication line using a connection path different from a connection path used by the first connection unit. The setup information management unit obtains and manages setup information used for establishing a connection with the terminal apparatus, from the terminal apparatus via the first connection unit. The communication controller connects to the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit using identification information of the terminal apparatus managed by the setup information management unit, and communicates with the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a volatile memory that stores data, a controller that controls an operation of a device, an interface that temporarily stores data input from the device, a writing unit that controls writing of the data on the volatile memory, a first communication pathway that connects the interface to the writing unit and is used to transmit the data acquired by the interface to the volatile memory and to transfer the data written on the volatile memory, a second communication pathway that connects the interface to the writing unit and does not share a route with the first communication pathway, and a switching unit that switches a communication path used to transmit data from the interface to the volatile memory from the first communication pathway to the second communication pathway if the interface has received image data from the device.

Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a target determination unit, a text reading unit, and a keyword extraction unit. The image processing unit processes an image. The target determination unit determines whether an image that is a target of a process executed by the image processing unit is to be used as a keyword extraction target. The text reading unit reads a text from the image processed by the image processing unit. The keyword extraction unit extracts a keyword from the text read by the text reading unit from an image determined to be a keyword extraction target by the target determination unit.

Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first controller compliant with a first storage standard, a second controller compliant with a second storage standard, a switching unit that switches setting information between first setting information corresponding to the first storage standard and second setting information corresponding to the second storage standard, and a connection establishing unit that executes processing of establishing connection between an external storage device and one of the first controller or the second controller, the one of the first controller or the second controller compliant with the setting information set by the switching of the switching unit.

Abstract: A power supply control device includes a moving object detecting unit and a power supply unit. The moving object detecting unit is attached to a processing apparatus body including power supply targets and a controller, and is capable of detecting a moving object moving in the vicinity of the processing apparatus body. The moving object detecting unit has a lower detection range for detecting a part of a moving object that is substantially in contact with the floor, and an upper detection range for detecting a top part of a moving object. The power supply unit is included in the controller and is always supplied with power to monitor approach of a moving object with the moving object detecting unit. The power supply unit supplies, upon the moving object detecting unit detecting a moving object, power to a power supply target that includes a part of the controller.

Abstract: A system includes a transmission apparatus that transmits data, and an output apparatus that outputs the received data. Output of the data is restricted if the output apparatus does not satisfy a predetermined security requirement. If a time period for outputting the data is specified, a confirmation is made with a recipient as to whether to permit removal of the restriction within the time period, and a response thereto is obtained. The output apparatus outputs the data if the response obtained from the recipient indicates removal of the restriction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; a program acquiring section that acquires a program having an operation record in a partial device included in the plural devices disposed in the room; and a transmitting section that transmits the program acquired by the program acquiring section to another device included in the plural devices disposed in the room.

Abstract: A system includes at least one controlled device that is controlled based on control information output from an external device, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material and communicate with the external device and the controlled device, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a transceiver that receives the control information from the external device and transmits the control information to the controlled device, and a transmission controller that stops the transmission of the control information by the transceiver or changes contents of the control information to be transmitted by the transceiver.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a provided device information acquiring section that acquires provided device information which is information on a device provided in an office room, and an output section that outputs information on a service which is providable to a user in an office room, based on the provided device information acquired by the provided device information acquiring section.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, receives information from a device provided in an office room, and transmits the information to an external device, and an information processing apparatus that is capable of receiving the information from the device, and transmits the information from the device to the external device when the image forming apparatus is not capable of transmitting the information to the external device.