Patent ID: 8514096
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A network device configured to be connected with an external device in a communicable manner via a network, the network device comprising: a first light emitting element configured to indicate a first type of information concerning a communication of data via the network; a light emitting element control unit configured to control the first light emitting element; a first processing unit configured to execute a process for data to be communicated with the external device when the network device is set in a first performance state; and a second processing unit configured to execute a process for data to be communicated with the external device when the network device is set in a second performance state, wherein the network device is configured to be set in any one of a plurality of performance states including the first performance state and the second performance state, the first performance state being a state in which the first processing unit is set in a non-sleeping state, the second performance state being a state in which the first processing unit is set in a sleeping state, power consumption in the second performance state being smaller than power consumption in the first performance state, and wherein the light emitting element control unit is configured to: