Patent 7568077 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An information processing apparatus, including: a file memory to store data; a file controller to access the file memory; a first control section to manage the file memory via the file controller; and a second control section connected with the file controller; wherein the file controller includes an usage information management section to manage information representing un-use condition in each divided region of the file memory, and wherein the information processing apparatus further includes a data storing control section to store data in the file memory from the second control section via the file controller by referring the information when the first control section is in un-operative condition.