ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER-SAVING SETTING METHOD

• US 20090172430A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Takenouchi, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US12/340,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20090172430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a connection unit which is connected to a network, a reception unit which receives setting information for making a power-saving setting for a device connected to the network, a sending unit which sends the setting information received by the reception unit to the network via the connection unit, and a setting unit which, upon receiving via the network the setting information from The electronic device connected to the network, makes a power-saving setting based on the received setting information.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a network connection module configured to be connected to a network;

a reception module configured to receive setting information for setting a power-saving setting for a device connected to the network;

a transmitter configured to send the setting information received by the reception module to the network via the network connection module; and

a setting module configured to set a power-saving setting based on the received setting information upon receiving the setting information from the electronic device via the network.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, which further comprises a display configured to display the setting information, and the display is configured to display a current setting information when the setting module sets an automatic power-off setting based on the setting information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, which further comprises a display configured to display the setting information,

wherein the setting module is configured to set a setting to decrease brightness of the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the setting module is configured to set a first setting if a priority of the first setting is higher than a priority of the power-saving setting.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the setting module is configured to set a power-saving setting that has been last received upon receiving a plurality of power-saving settings.

6. A power-saving setting method used in an electronic device comprising a network connection module configured to be connected to a network, comprising:

generating setting information for setting a power-saving setting for a device connected to the network;

sending the generated setting information to the network via the network connection module

receiving via the network the setting information from the electronic device connected to the network; and

setting a power-saving setting based on the received setting information.

7. The method of claim 6, which further comprises a display configured to display the setting information, and

the display further configured to display a current setting information when the power-saving setting is an automatic power-off setting based on the setting information.

8. The method of claim 6, which further comprises a display configured to display the setting information, further comprising:

decreasing brightness of the display in the power-saving setting.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein a first setting is set if a priority of the first setting is higher than a priority of the power-saving setting.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein a power-saving setting that has been last received is set upon receiving a plurality of power-saving settings.