Information processing apparatus and start-up control method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorToshimitsu Saito
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, non-volatile storage device stores a program for causing a processor to execute processing of determining whether registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus, authentication processing determining whether input authentication information matches the registered authentication information, and processing of booting an operating system. The operating speed control module decreases an operating speed of the processor in response to the determination that the registered authentication information exists in the apparatus, and increases the operating speed of the processor in response to the confirmation of the match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-volatile storage device configured to store a program for instructing the processor to execute (i) processing of, in response to power-on of the information processing apparatus, determining whether registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus, (ii) authentication processing of, when the registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus, comparing input authentication information with the registered authentication information and determining whether the input authentication information matches the registered authentication information, and (iii) processing of booting an operating system in response to confirmation of a match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing;
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- an operating speed controller configured to decrease an operating speed of the processor in response to the determination that the registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus, and increase the operating speed of the processor in response to the confirmation of the match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing.
A start-up control method comprising:
- determining, by using a processor, whether registered authentication information exists in an information processing apparatus, in response to power-on of the information processing apparatus;
- executing, by using the processor, authentication processing of comparing input authentication information with the registered authentication information and determining whether the input authentication information matches the registered authentication information, when the registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus;
- booting, by using the processor, an operating system in response to confirmation of a match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing;
- decreasing an operating speed of the processor in response to the determination that the registered authentication information exists in the information processing apparatus;
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- increasing the operating speed of the processor in response to the confirmation of the match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing.
A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium configured to store a computer program which is executable by a computer, the computer program controlling the computer to execute functions of:
- determining whether registered authentication information exists in the computer, in response to power-on of the computer;
- executing authentication processing of comparing input authentication information with the registered authentication information and determining whether the input authentication information matches the registered authentication information, when the registered authentication information exists in the computer;
- booting an operating system in response to confirmation of a match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing;
- decreasing an operating speed of a processor in the computer in response to the determination that the registered authentication information exists in the computer;
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- increasing the operating speed of the processor in response to the confirmation of the match between the input authentication information and the registered authentication information by the authentication processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.