Apparatus, non-transitory computer readable information recording medium and information recording method that determine identification information for identifying a program that has issued a use request

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9286048-B2
Application number	US-201414164393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2014
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium that determine, from among a plurality of storage devices, whether an accessed storage device that has been accessed is a first storage device, determine, for a use request for using the first storage device, identification information for identifying a program that has issued the use request through a predetermined interface, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, and stores the identification information in a second storage device different from the first storage device, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller that
determines, from among a plurality of storage devices, whether an accessed storage device that has been accessed is a first storage device,
determines, for a use request for using the first storage device, identification information for identifying a program that has issued the use request through a predetermined interface, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device,
stores the identification information in a second storage device different from the first storage device, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, and
stores the identification information in a third storage device different from the first storage device and the second storage device, when the apparatus is in a power saving state and in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, wherein

the first storage device corresponds to a NAND flash memory, and
the controller determines whether the accessed storage device is the first storage device based on a path name of a file, a part of the path name of the file being different for each of the first, second, and third storage devices.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the identification information includes any of a name of a thread of a process that is executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface, and the path name of the file.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the controller determines the identification name based on a name of a ThreadGroup to which a thread executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface belongs.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the controller determines the identification information based on the path name of the file that is designated to be operated in the use request.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the second storage device is connected to the apparatus via a network.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the use request for using the first storage device is a request for a file operation to carry out an operation of opening a file, closing a file, writing information to a file, reading information from a file or generating a folder or a directory, the file being stored in the first storage device.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second storage device corresponds to an HDD, and the third storage device corresponds to a RAM.

8. A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium storing an information storing program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes an apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:
determining, from among a plurality of storage devices, whether an accessed storage device that has been accessed is a first storage device;
determining, for a use request for using the first storage device, identification information for identifying a program that has issued the use request through a predetermined interface, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device;
storing the identification information in a second storage device different from the first storage device, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device; and
storing the identification information in a third storage device different from the first storage device and the second storage device, when the apparatus is in a power saving state and in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, wherein
the first storage device corresponds to a NAND flash memory, and
the determining determines whether the accessed storage device is the first storage device based on a path name of a file, a part of the path name of the file being different for each of the first, second, and third storage devices.

9. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the identification information includes any of a name of a thread of a process that is executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface, and the path name of the file.

10. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the determining determines the identification name based on a name of a ThreadGroup to which a thread executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface belongs.

11. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the determining determines the identification information based on the path name of the file that is designated to be operated in the use request.

12. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the second storage device is connected to the apparatus via a network.

13. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the use request for using the first storage device is a request for a file operation to carry out an operation of opening a file, closing a file, writing information to a file, reading information from a file or generating a folder or a directory, the file being stored in the first storage device.

14. An information recording method for an apparatus, the information recording method comprising:
determining, from among a plurality of storage devices, whether an accessed storage device that has been accessed is a first storage device;
determining, using a controller, for a use request for using the first storage device, identification information for identifying a program that has issued the use request through a predetermined interface, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device;
storing the identification information in a second storage device different from the first storage device, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device; and
storing the identification information in a third storage device different from the first storage device and the second storage device, when the apparatus is in a power saving state and in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, wherein
the first storage device corresponds to a NAND flash memory, and
the determining determines whether the accessed storage device is the first storage device based on a path name of a file, a part of the path name of the file being different for each of the first, second, and third storage devices.

15. The information recording method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the identification information includes any of a name of a thread of a process that is executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface, and the path name of the file.

16. The information recording method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the determining determines the identification name based on a name of a ThreadGroup to which a thread executed in response to invoking carried out via the predetermined interface belongs.

17. The information recording method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the determining determines the identification name based on the path name of the file that is designated to be operated in the use request.

18. The information recording method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the second storage device is connected to the apparatus via a network.

Assignees

• Araki Ryoji
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Araki Ryoji

Classifications

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F17/30115

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30144

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/16 Primary

  File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems · CPC title

• H04N1/00244

  with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324) · CPC title