Patent ID: 11889416
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a device interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from a terminal device;
a network interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from a network;
a power supply part configured to supply electric power from an external power supply;
a battery configured to supply electric power when a power supply from the power supply part is stopped; and
a control part configured to:
perform a conversion process on data from the terminal device, and transmit the data to the network; and
when the power supply from the power supply part is stopped, transmit, to another information processing apparatus through the network interface, a first message indicating that a pass-through mode in which data is relayed between the terminal device and the network without being subjected to the conversion process is set, and set the pass-through mode.