Patent ID: 8627045

Claim:
A data processing device comprising: a reception unit that receives instructions for processing at a processing execution device; an instruction unit that instructs the processing execution device to cancel a power saving state of the processing execution device and execute processing corresponding to an instruction received by the reception unit; and a storage unit that stores data relating to the received instruction, wherein, if the processing corresponding to the received instruction is pre-specified processing, data relating to the received instruction is stored at the storage unit, and if the processing corresponding to the received instruction is not the pre-specified processing, the instruction unit instructs the processing execution device to execute the processing corresponding to the received instruction and also processing based on data relating to instructions stored at the storage unit, wherein processing that is judged not to be the pre-specified processing is processing that requires the intervention of a user, and, when a processing data amount of the data relating to instructions stored at the storage unit exceeds a pre-specified value, the instruction unit instructs execution of processing based on the data relating to instructions stored in the storage unit.