Patent ID: 9681383
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H02J,H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus operable in a first power state and in a second power state in which power consumption is lower than that in the first power state, the information processing apparatus comprising: a near-field wireless communication unit which is driven by electric power induced by a radio wave from a mobile terminal and communicate with the mobile terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the second power state, wherein, in a case where a command received from the mobile terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the second power state is a command of a first type, the near-field wireless communication unit sends a response corresponding to the command to the mobile terminal in the second power state, using the electric power induced by the radio wave from the mobile terminal; and a power supply which, in a case where the command received from the mobile terminal when the information processing apparatus is in the second power state is a command of a second type, supplies electric power to a portion of the information processing apparatus necessary for sending a response corresponding to the command to the mobile terminal.