Patent ID: 7593979

Claim:
A server apparatus comprising: a body; a network process unit provided in the body and configured to connect an electronic apparatus, which transmits/receives data via a first network, to a second network through the server apparatus; an AV function unit provided in the body and configured to process video data and sound data, the AV function unit being provided with a normal operation mode and a standby mode serving to reduce power consumption; an embedded controller configured to control a supply of power to the AV function unit and interrupt the supply of power; a status signal line which is arranged between the network process unit and the embedded controller; and an up/down signal line which is arranged between the network process unit and the embedded controller, the embedded controller outputting a status signal indicating a status of the AV function unit to the status signal line, controlling the supply of power, and interrupting the supply of power based on an up/down signal on the up/down signal line, the network process unit obtaining a current status of the AV function unit by referring the status signal output to the status signal line, returning a communication packet containing a command indicating the obtained current status of the AV function unit, when the network process unit receives, from the electronic apparatus, a communication packet containing a command to check the current status of the AV function unit, and switching an operation of the AV function unit between the normal operation mode and the standby mode by outputting the up/down signal to the up/down signal line, when the network process unit receives, from the electronic apparatus, a communication packet containing a command requesting that the operation of the AV function unit be changed.