Patent ID: 9625975
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus via a relay apparatus, comprising: a response unit configured to respond, when the information processing apparatus operates in a power-saving mode, to a reception packet received by the information processing apparatus while maintaining the power-saving mode according to a response condition; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the relay apparatus has a response function of responding to a reception packet, on behalf of the information processing apparatus, received by the relay apparatus; and a changing unit configured to change the response condition when the determination unit determines that the relay apparatus has the response function, wherein the response condition indicates a plurality of packet patterns, the response unit is configured to respond to the reception packet received by the information processing apparatus while maintaining the power-saving mode, when the reception packet received by the information processing apparatus matches any one of the plurality of reception patterns, and the changing unit is configured to delete the packet pattern corresponding to the response function of the relay apparatus, out of the plurality of packet patterns.