Patent ID: 7418613
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G06F,H02J,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A power supply control method for controlling a supply of a power supply voltage from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to an information processing apparatus based on time information that is set in advance and indicates a date and time of turning ON and cutting OFF the supply of the power supply voltage, comprising: monitoring, by a power supply control unit within the information processing apparatus, ON and/or OFF supply states of the power supply voltage with respect to the information processing apparatus at a time specified by the time information; managing the ON and/or OFF supply states that are monitored, in a referable manner; and making an abnormality notification from the power supply control unit to an arbitrary notifying destination when said monitoring detects an abnormality in the turning ON or cutting OFF of the supply of the power supply voltage at the time specified by the time information.