Patent ID: 7689840

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a state detecting part which detects physical fluctuations that are generated in association with a user carrying the information processing apparatus; a storage part; a timer; a manipulating part for receiving a user input; a display part; and a control part which receives detection information from the state detecting part, and which shifts a standby state to a hot standby state in which a system startup process necessary prior to data processing in the information processing apparatus is completed based on determination that the information processing apparatus is being carried by the user, wherein, in the standby state, power from a power source to all components of the information processing apparatus is stopped except for the state detecting part, the control part, the timer and the manipulating part; wherein, in the hot standby state, the power from the power source to all components of the information processing apparatus is stopped except for the state detecting part, the control part, the timer, the manipulating part and the storage part; and wherein the control part, when performing the system startup process, generates information necessary to conduct the data processing and stores the necessary information in the storage part.