Patent ID: 7389431
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A data processing device which can communicate with a computer terminal, comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive data transmitted from the computer terminal; a shift unit adapted to shift a state of said data processing device to a power saving state after elapse of a predetermined time under a state that no data is received by said reception unit; and a release unit adapted to release the power saving state in a case where specific data transmitted from the computer terminal is received by said reception unit, wherein, after the power saving state is released by said release unit, in a case where the specific data received by said reception unit is a first kind of the specific data and the power saving state is released by said release unit, said shift unit shifts the state of said data processing device to the power saving state after elapse of a first predetermined time, and in a case where the specific data received by said reception unit is a second kind of the specific data different from the first kind of the specific data and the power saving state is released by said release unit, said shift unit shifts the state of said data processing device to the power saving state after elapse of a second predetermined time different from the first predetermined time.