Patent ID: 9361091
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus being capable of operating while switching between at least two operation states that include a low power consumption state and a normal usage state, the low power consumption state in which (a1) some of hardware components composing the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and (a2) communication with a predetermined server computing system is performable, the normal usage state in which (b1) more of the hardware components than in the low power consumption state are supplied with power and (b2) power consumption is greater than in the low power consumption state, the information processing apparatus comprising: a processing system that includes at least one processor coupled to a memory device, the processing system configured to execute: wherein execution of a series of processes that includes (1) the update confirmation instructions, (2) the update preparation instructions, and (3) the system update install instructions are automatically executed by the processing system without operation by a use, wherein the at least two operation states includes a system update mode in which (1a) hardware components not supplied with power during the low power consumption state are supplied with power and (2a) less hardware components are supplied with power compared to the normal usage state, wherein the system update install instructions and performance of the update thereby are executed when the information processing apparatus is in the system update mode.