Patent ID: 8539483

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is encoded a computer program executable by a computer to control a virtual machine, the computer program includes computer executable instructions that cause the computer to execute a process comprising: obtaining data indicating an interruption period or a stop period of the virtual machine which is stored in the storage device, the interruption period or the stop period representing a duration time of an interruption or a stopping of the virtual machine and including a time point when operation of the virtual machine is to be interrupted or stopped; retrieving, from the storage device, data indicating a stop period of the computer, the stop period of the computer representing a duration time of a stop state of the computer and including a time point when operation of the computer is to be stopped; setting a timer used to activate the computer at a time point before the end of the retrieved stop period; stopping the operation of the computer after the timer is set; and activating, when the interruption period or the stop period of the virtual machine is terminated, the virtual machine corresponding to the terminated interruption period or the terminated stop period.