Information processing device and information processing programme storage medium

• Main Authors: HIRAKI ITARU, WATARI SHOICHI, SHUJJI KOJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.07.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and an information processing program that is executed there, and the process is immediately executed while the power consumption is suppressed. A program that is operable even when the operating system is in its state of sleep is prepared. By supplying a power source to only the necessary components, aprescribedprocess is executed with that program while the operating system is kept in its state of sleep.