Patent ID: 8738938

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to operate in a first power mode in which electric power is supplied to a processing unit or in a second power mode in which electric power is not supplied to the processing unit; the information processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input data; a control unit configured to control a power mode of the information processing apparatus so that, (a) in a case where the data input by the input unit does not match a specific pattern while the information processing apparatus is operated in the second power mode, the power mode of the information processing apparatus is shifted from the second power mode to the first power mode, and (b) in a case where the data input by the input unit matches the specific pattern while the information processing apparatus is operated in the second power mode, the power mode of the information processing apparatus remains in the second power mode and the input data is stored in a storage unit, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the input data stored in the storage unit to the processing unit in a case where the information processing apparatus shifts into the first power mode from the second power mode in a state that the storage unit stores second type data.