Patent ID: 8370668
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a media drive configured to reproduce data from a storage medium; a first switch configured to change an operating state of the information processing apparatus from a first operating state to a second operating state, the CPU configured to execute a predetermined application program of the information processing apparatus in the first operating state, and the CPU configured to not execute the predetermined application program in the second operating state; and a second switch configured to change the operating state from the second operating state to a third operating state, the CPU configured to operate the media drive in the third operating state, and the CPU configured to not execute the predetermined application program in the third operating state, wherein the second switch is operable in the first operating state and the second operating state, such that the CPU accepts a signal resulting from activating the second switch in the first and second operating states.