US 8,136,117 B2 · Information processor and information processing system

Abstract

An information processing apparatus is disclosed in which software resources are divided into first through N-th groups each of which has an operating system, a program operating on the operating system, and data, includes an execution section configured to simultaneously execute the groups with the groups isolated from one another, an OS activating section configured to operate on the operating system of the first group and activate the operating system of at least one of the second through N-th groups according to activation information, an activation information changing section configured to make communication with an administrative server over a network and change the activation information in response to an instruction from the administrative server, and a lock section configured to disable the operating system and the program of each of the second through N-th groups to change the activation information.

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Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus configured to execute one of an office use virtual machine and an outside use virtual machine which are operate on a virtual machine monitor, the office use virtual machine being not allowed to access the outside use virtual machine, the outside use virtual machine being not allowed to access the office use virtual machine, and the office use virtual machine being not allowed to output data to an external device, apparatus comprising:

an activating section configured to operate on the virtual machine monitor, and to activate one of the office use virtual machine and the outside use virtual machine based on activation information;
a communication module configured to operate on the virtual machine monitor, and to communicate to administrative server over a network;
and
a changing section configured to change the activation information in response to an instruction from the administrative server.

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An information processing system comprising an administrative server configured to send a virtual machine switching instruction over a network and an information processing apparatus which is connected to the administrative server via the network, the apparatus configured to execute one of an office use virtual machine and an outside use virtual machine which are operated on a virtual machine monitor, the office use virtual machine being not allowed to access the outside use virtual machine, the outside use virtual machine being not allowed to access the office use virtual machine, and the office use virtual machine being not allowed to output data to an external device, wherein

the apparatus comprises:
an activating section configured to operated on the virtual machine monitor, and to activate one of the office use virtual machine and the outside use virtual machine based on based on activation information;
and
an activation information changing section configured to operate in the virtual machine monitor, to communicate to administrative server over a network, and to change the activation information in response to the switching instruction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processor and information processing system

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