Patent ID: 9501250
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of devices through a network, the apparatus comprising: a memory that stores function information that identifies, for each one of a plurality of functions, one or more devices capable of performing the function; a network interface that receives a user instruction for executing a job from a first device of the plurality of devices, the user instruction instructing execution of at least one function that cannot be performed by the first device; and circuitry that identifies a second device of the plurality of devices that is capable of performing the at least one function of the user instruction using the function information, and controls the second device to transition from a power save mode to a normal operating mode, while keeping devices other than the second device to be in the power save mode, wherein, when the circuitry identifies two or more devices as a candidate of the second device, the circuitry further controls the two or more identified devices to transition from the power save mode to the normal operating mode, and in response to selection of one of the two or more identified devices as the second device to perform the at least one function, controls the unselected identified devices to transition from the normal operating mode to the power save mode.