Data processing apparatus, method for controlling data processing apparatus, and storage medium storing program

• US 8,732,497 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yokokura, Hidenori
• Primary Examiner(s): Myers, Paul R
• Application Number:
  US13/298,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20120137150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 713300-340
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1221 with regard to power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An apparatus operates in at least a first mode and a second mode consuming less power than the first mode, and stores information indicating specific data to be responded without shifting from the second mode to the first mode, the data being received from a network during an operation in the second mode. Data received from the network during an operation in the first mode is determined whether to be the specific data indicated by the information stored by a storage unit. When the data is the specific data, a shift from the first mode to the second mode after responding to the received data is faster than when the data is not the specific data.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus operating in at least a first power mode and a second power mode consuming less power than the first mode, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) packet transmitted from an external apparatus;

a determining unit configured to determine whether to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode based on an object identifier (OID) specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit;

a controlling unit configured to, in a case where the determining unit determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode for a predetermined time, and in a case where the determining unit determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, not delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode; and

a shifting unit configured to shift the data processing apparatus from the first power mode to the second power mode when the predetermined time elapses.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit is a specific OID, the determining unit determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit is not a specific OID, the determining unit determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storing unit configured to store information indicating data to which the data processing apparatus operating in the second mode can respond without shifting to the first power mode,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit matches with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit does not match with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.

4. A method for a data processing apparatus operating in at least a first power mode and a second power mode consuming less power than the first mode, the method comprising:

receiving a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) packet transmitted from an external apparatus;

determining whether to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode based on an object identifier (OID) specified in the SNMP packet;

delaying, in a case where the determining determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode for a predetermined time, and in a case where the determining determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, not delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode; and

shifting from the first power mode to the second power mode when the predetermined time elapses.

5. The method according to claim 4,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet is a specific OID, the determining determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet is not a specific OID, the determining determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

a storing unit configured to store information indicating data to which the data processing apparatus operating in the second mode can respond without shifting to the first power mode,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit matches with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit does not match with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.

7. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions for causing a computer to perform a method for a data processing apparatus operating in at least a first power mode and a second power mode consuming less power than the first mode, the method comprising:

receiving a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) packet transmitted from an external apparatus;

determining whether to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode based on an object identifier (OID) specified in the SNMP packet;

delaying, in a case where the determining determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode for a predetermined time, and in a case where the determining determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, not delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode; and

shifting from the first power mode to the second power mode when the predetermined time elapses.

8. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 7,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet is a specific OID, the determining determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet is not a specific OID, the determining determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.

9. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising:

a storing unit configured to store information indicating data to which the data processing apparatus operating in the second mode can respond without shifting to the first power mode,

wherein in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit matches with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines not to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode, and in a case where the OID specified in the SNMP packet received by the receiving unit does not match with the information stored in the storing unit, the determining unit determines to delay the data processing apparatus to shift from the first power mode to the second power mode.