Patent ID: 8572213

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured for communication with a client computer and a processing apparatus including a file server, the information processing apparatus comprising: a first reception unit configured to receive condition setting information which specifies a permission condition for permitting access to the file server and which is sent from the file server, wherein the processing apparatus, when operating in a first power supply mode, determines whether to permit or refuse access to the file server based on the permission condition specified in the condition setting information; a second reception unit configured to receive a process request with respect to the file server from the client computer; a determination unit configured to determine whether the process request received by the second reception unit satisfies the permission condition specified in the condition setting information received by the first reception unit, when the second reception unit has received the process request and the processing apparatus is operating in a second power supply mode in which power consumption is less than that in the first power supply mode; and a transfer control unit configured to send a response indicating a refusal of access to the client computer without transferring the process request received by the second reception unit to the file server when the determination unit has determined that the permission condition is not satisfied.