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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Akihiro Kojou, Hamura, JP;
Hiroyuki Oda, Akishima, JP;
Akihiro Kojou, Hamura, JP;
Hiroyuki Oda, Akishima, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes first and second devices that are interconnected via a communication path, each of the first and second devices having a communication path control function for transitioning a state of the communication path between an active state and a standby state, based on whether the communication path is in an idle state or not, a unit that switches an operation mode of the apparatus between a first mode in which priority is placed on performance and a second mode in which priority is placed on power saving, and a unit that permits execution of the communication path control function in a case where the operation mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode, and prohibits execution of the communication path control function in a case where the operation mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode.