Patent ID: 7987376

Claim:
An information processor capable of supplying power to an external device, the information processor comprising: a connector configured to connect the external device to the information processor; a storage module configured to store, when the information processor is idle and has been deactivated so that power is supplied only to modules necessary for supplying power to the external device among modules controlling power supply for putting the external device connected to the information processor in a chargeable condition, a plurality of power supply modes defining conditions of each of the modules; and a power supply module configured to select an effective power supply mode for the external device from among the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, to set the conditions with respect to the modules according to the selected power supply mode, and to supply power to the external device, the power supply module performing wake-u setting enabling power supply to the external device connected to the information processor which has been deactivated when there is no effective power supply mode for the external device in the power supply modes.