IP Library Granted Patent US 8,407,459
Granted Patent B2
US 8,407,459 · App. 13/064,593 · Granted Mar 26, 2013

Information processing apparatus and boot completion notification program

Inventor: Kensuke Okano (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,407,459
App. No.
13/064,593
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a stopwatch unit detects boot-up of an information processing apparatus, and measures as a boot time a time elapsed from the detection of the boot-up. A determination unit determines whether the boot time has reached notification timing. An output unit outputs a boot completion notification when the determination unit determines that the boot time has reached the notification timing indicated by boot completion notification timing information as a result of comparison therebetween.

Claims (31)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores boot completion notification timing information indicating notification timing for making a boot completion notification that notifies a user that the information processing apparatus has completed boot-up and is now ready to use;

a stopwatch unit that detects the boot-up of the information processing apparatus, and measures as a boot time a time elapsed from the detection of the boot-up;

a determination unit that determines whether the boot time measured by the stopwatch unit has reached the notification timing indicated by the boot completion notification timing information;

an output unit that outputs the boot completion notification when the determination unit determines that the boot time has reached the notification timing;

an acquisition unit that acquires load conditions of the information processing apparatus on boot-up; and

an update unit that updates the boot completion notification timing information stored in the storage unit,

wherein the determination unit determines on the basis of the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit whether the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up,

wherein the update unit acquires from the stopwatch unit the boot time, which indicates when the information processing apparatus completed the boot-up, when the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up, and stores the acquired boot time as the boot completion notification timing information in the storage unit.

2. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an storage unit that stores boot completion notification timing information indicating notification timing for making a boot completion notification that notifies a user that the information processing apparatus has completed boot-up and is now ready to use;

a stopwatch unit that detects the boot-up of the information processing apparatus, and measures as a boot time a time elapsed from the detection of the boot-up;

an acquisition unit that acquires load conditions in the boot-up of the information processing apparatus;

a determination unit that determines on the basis of the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit whether the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up; and

an output unit that outputs the boot completion notification when the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an update unit that updates the boot completion notification timing information stored in the storage unit, by acquiring from the stopwatch unit the boot time, which indicates when the information processing apparatus completed the boot-up, when the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up, and storing the acquired boot time as the boot completion notification timing information in the storage unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires utilization of a CPU of the information processing apparatus as the load conditions.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires a rate of access to an HDD of the information processing apparatus as the load conditions.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the boot completion notification timing information includes appointed timing information that, indicates the notification timing set by a user; and

the information processing apparatus further comprises an input reception unit that receives the appointed timing information set by the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up when a value indicating the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the determination unit repeats the determination on whether the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit satisfy predetermined criteria, and determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up when a result of the determination that the load conditions satisfy the predetermined criteria is obtained a predetermined number of times in a row.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the determination unit determines that the predetermined criteria are satisfied when a value indicating the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a boot completion notification program causing a computer to operate as:

a storage unit that stores boot completion notification timing information indicating notification timing for making a boot completion notification that notifies a user that an information processing apparatus has completed boot-up and is now ready to use;

a stopwatch unit that detects boot-up of the information processing apparatus, and measures as a boot time a time elapsed from the detection of the boot-up;

an acquisition unit that acquires load conditions in the boot-up of the information processing apparatus;

a determination unit that determines on a basis of the load conditions acquired by the acquisition unit whether the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up; and

an output unit that outputs the boot completion notification when the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has completed the boot-up.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048751/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2011
From: OKANO, KENSUKE
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026140/0312 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2008068651 · Oct 15, 2008
Related Publication 20110185164A1 · Jul 28, 2011