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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium

US7849341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2007
Grant dateDec 7, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus which can communicate with a printing apparatus that operates in the first electric power state in which electric power necessary for a status response to an external request is supplied and the second electric power state in which no necessary electric power is supplied includes an acquisition unit which acquires a shift notice from the first electric power state to the second electric power state that is transmitted from the printing apparatus, and a control unit which hastens access to the printing apparatus on the basis of the shift notice acquired by the acquisition unit.

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