Patent ID: 7076673

Claim:
A power saving management system having a plurality of output apparatuses with a power saving mode wherein each of said plurality of output apparatuses comprises: a timer unit adapted to measure a time; a power saving mode shift time memory unit adapted to store a power saving mode shift time indicative of a time to shift to the power saving mode; a power saving mode control unit adapted to shift said output apparatus to the power saving mode when the time measured by said timer unit reaches the power saving mode shift time stored by said power saving mode shift time memory unit; a first updating unit adapted to update the power saving mode shift time stored by said power saving mode shift time memory unit in accordance with a power saving mode shift time notified by another of said plurality of output apparatuses; a second updating unit adapted to update the power saving mode shift time stored by said power saving mode shift time memory unit in accordance with a user's update operation for updating the power saving mode shift time; and a notifying unit adapted to notify the other of said plurality of output apparatuses of the power saving mode shift time updated by said second updating unit.