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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

  • US 20080195688A1
  • Filed: 02/08/2008
  • Published: 08/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

  • a controlling unit that controls a plurality of power-saving modes;

    a determining unit that determines, upon receipt of a packet via a network while the information processing apparatus is in one of the power-saving modes, whether received packet is a reply request packet that does not require a process to be performed; and

    a generating unit that generates, when the received packet is a reply request packet that does not require a process to be performed, a response packet to the received packet while maintaining the information processing apparatus in the one of the power-saving mode;

    whereinthe determining unit determines, based on content of the received packet, whether the received packet requests return of predetermined information, andthe generating unit generates, when the received packet requests return of predetermined information, the response packet including the predetermined information.

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