Patent ID: 8015424
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a media drive configured to reproduce data from a storage medium; a first operation key configured, when activated, to change a state of said information processing apparatus from a first operating state to a second operating state, said information processing apparatus configured to execute a predetermined application program when the information processing apparatus is in the first operating state, and said information processing apparatus is configured to stop executing when said information processing apparatus is in the second operating state, the second operating state being (1) a suspension mode and (2) a low power consumption mode where supply of power to the information processing apparatus is lower than power supply to the information processing apparatus during the first operating state; a second operation key configured, when activated, to change a state of said information processing apparatus from the second operating state to a third operating state, said media drive supplied electrical power during said third operating state, and said information processing apparatus prohibited from executing the predetermined application during the third operating state; and a third operation key configured, when activated during said second operating state, to change the state of said information processing apparatus from the second operating state to the first operating state.