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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Tatsuo Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Okazato, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Junki Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohisa Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Okazato, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Junki Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohisa Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus stores function information that identifies, for each one of a plurality of functions, one or more devices capable of performing the function, receives a user instruction for executing a job from a first device of the plurality of devices, the user instruction instructing execution of at least one function that cannot be performed by the first device, identifies a second device of the plurality of devices that is capable of performing the at least one function of the user instruction using the function information, and controls the second device to transition from a power save mode to a normal operating mode, while keeping devices other than the second device to be in the power save mode.