Patent ID: 6933936

Claim:
An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of other apparatuses via a network, said apparatus comprising: inquiring means for querying a respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses as to its power mode; discriminating means for determining that the power mode of the respective apparatus is a power-off mode when a response from the respective apparatus is not detected, and, when a response from the respective apparatus is detected, for determining whether the power mode of the respective apparatus is a power-on mode or a standby mode based on the detected response; memory means for storing apparatus type information on the of the respective apparatus; and display control means for retrieving the apparatus type information of the respective apparatus from said memory means and for controlling a display to show the apparatus type of the respective apparatus and to show whether the power mode of the respective apparatus is the power-on mode, the standby mode, or the power-off mode.