Patent ID: 8238827

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a session control unit which controls a physical connection and a logical connection with first external device; a request management unit which manages a plurality of commands to be handled by the session control unit; and an interruption unit which requests the session control unit to disconnect the physical connection with the first external device when a weak electric field condition occurs between the information processing apparatus and the first external device and a connection request is received from a second external device, wherein the request management unit skips to store a command which is issued by the interruption unit when the interruption unit detects that the weak electric field condition and the connection request have occurred, and the session control unit disconnects the physical connection, wherein the physical connection with the first external device is disconnected without disconnecting the logical connection with the first external device, the disconnection being detected as a link loss, and wherein the logical connection with the first external device is immediately disconnected after it is determined that the physical connection with the first external device is disconnected and after the link loss is detected such that the disconnection of the physical connection with the first external device is made to be a normal disconnection state.