Information processing apparatus and information processing method
View Patent ↗An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a determination unit, a power mode setting unit, an input process unit, and a registration unit. The communication unit receives a communication packet. The determination unit determines whether the communication packet received by the communication unit in a second power mode of first and the second power modes meets at least one of a plurality of determination conditions included in determination condition information. The second power mode is lower in electric power consumption than the first power mode. The power mode setting unit switches a power mode from the second power mode to the first power mode on the basis of a result of determination performed by the determination unit. The input process unit receives user operation. The registration unit registers the determination conditions in the determination condition information on the basis of the user operation received by the input process unit.
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the information processing apparatus to perform the following steps:
receiving a communication packet;
determining whether the communication packet received in a second power mode among a first power mode and the second power mode meets at least one of a plurality of determination conditions included in determination condition information, the second power mode being lower in electric power consumption than the first power mode;
switching a power mode from the second power mode to the first power mode on a basis of a result of determination;
receiving user operation; and
registering the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information on a basis of the user operation, wherein
the registering the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information includes
receiving a selection operation, performed by a user, of selecting one of the plurality of determination conditions included in the determination condition information, and
registering, as the plurality of determination conditions, determination conditions included in the determination condition information selected by the selection operation,
the determination condition information includes first determination condition information and second determination condition information,
the first determination condition information includes a plurality of first determination conditions and the second determination condition information includes a plurality of second determination conditions,
two or more determination conditions included in the plurality of first determination conditions are identical to two or more determination conditions included in the plurality of second determination conditions,
one or more determination conditions other than the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions are related to a first packet kind,
one or more determination conditions other than the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of second determination conditions are related to a second packet kind,
the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions include a determination condition related to the first packet kind and a determination condition related to the second packet kind, and
the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of second determination conditions include the determination condition related to the first packet kind and the determination condition related to the second packet kind.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the steps further includes performing a display process of displaying options of packet kinds of the communication packet carried by a network coupled to the communication unit, the options of packet kinds including the first and second packet kinds, wherein
the selection operation includes selecting one of the options of packet kinds.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the determination condition related to the first packet kind included in the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions and of the plurality of second determination conditions indicates a communication service that is identical to a communication service indicated by the determination condition related to the second packet kind included in the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions and of the plurality of second determination conditions.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the receiving the user operation includes receiving an operation, performed by a user, of selecting one or more determination conditions to be enabled from the plurality of determination conditions included in the determination condition information,
the determination condition information includes enabled information indicating the one or more determination conditions, and
the determining whether the communication packet received in the second power mode meets the at least one of the plurality of determination conditions includes determining whether the communication packet received in the second power mode meets at least one of the one or more determination conditions.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the steps further include setting a first communication protocol to be enabled or disabled, wherein
the registering the plurality of determination conditions includes excluding, in a case where the first communication protocol is set to be disabled, a first determination condition for the communication packet communicated by the first communication protocol from the plurality of determination conditions, and thereby registering the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information.
6. An information processing method, comprising:
receiving a communication packet;
determining whether the communication packet received in a second power mode of a first power mode and the second power mode meets at least one of a plurality of determination conditions included in determination condition information, the second power mode being lower in electric power consumption than the first power mode;
switching a power mode from the second power mode to the first power mode on a basis of a result of the determining; and
registering the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information, wherein
the registering the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information includes
receiving a selection operation, performed by a user, of selecting one of the plurality of determination conditions included in the determination condition information, and
registering, as the plurality of determination conditions, determination conditions included in the determination condition information selected by the selection operation,
the determination condition information includes first determination condition information and second determination condition information,
the first determination condition information includes a plurality of first determination conditions and the second determination condition information includes a plurality of second determination conditions,
two or more determination conditions included in the plurality of first determination conditions are identical to two or more determination conditions included in the plurality of second determination conditions,
one or more determination conditions other than the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions are related to a first packet kind,
one or more determination conditions other than the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of second determination conditions are related to a second packet kind,
the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of first determination conditions include a determination condition related to the first packet kind and a determination condition related to the second packet kind, and
the two or more determination conditions of the plurality of second determination conditions include the determination condition related to the first packet kind and the determination condition related to the second packet kind.
7. The information processing method according to claim 6 , further comprising setting a supported first communication protocol to be enabled or disabled, wherein
the registering of the plurality of determination conditions in the determination condition information includes excluding, in a case where the first communication protocol is set to be disabled, a first determination condition for the communication packet communicated by the first communication protocol from the plurality of determination conditions, and thereby registering the plurality of determination conditions.