Patent ID: 8082370

Claim:
An apparatus to control communications between a first device and a second device, the apparatus comprising: a controller to perform an operation for communications between the first device and the second device; a first processor to selectively stop the operation of the controller according to information indicating a status of the communications between the first device and the second device; and a second processor to obtain the information indicating the status of the communications between the first device and the second device, to perform an operation for the communications between the first device and the second device according to the obtained information, and to store content of communications between the first device and the second device that occur while the first device is in an idle status, wherein: the second device cannot perform a unique operation while communicating with the first device, the first processor stops the operation of the controller so as to permit the second device to perform the unique operation when the information indicates that the communications status is an idle status in which data for an operation between the first device and the second device is not exchanged, and the controller resumes the stopped operation for the communications between the first device and the second device based on the stored communications content when the first device returns to an operational status.