Information processing apparatus configured to change a control related to power consumption

An information processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with another information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a detection device;
• and
• a processor configured to execute processes of
• receiving from the other information processing apparatus, a passerby notification indicating that a passerby that has passed a detection range of the other information processing apparatus is approaching the information processing apparatus;
• detecting an operation performed on the information processing apparatus;
• determining that the information processing apparatus has been preferentially used upon detecting the operation performed on the information processing apparatus within a predetermined time after receiving the passerby notification from the other information processing apparatus;
• and
• changing a control related to power consumption of the information processing apparatus depending on whether the processor has determined that the information processing apparatus has been preferentially used more than a predetermined number of times,
• wherein both the information processing apparatus and the another information processing apparatus are image forming apparatuses.

An information processing system comprising:

• a first information processing apparatus;
• and
• a second information processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with the first information processing apparatus;
• wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a first detection device and a first processor that is configured to execute processes of
• detecting a passerby passing a detection range of the first detection device that is formed in at least a part of a region surrounding the first information processing apparatus;
• transmitting to the second information processing apparatus, a passerby notification indicating that the detected passerby is approaching the second information processing apparatus;
• receiving from the second information processing apparatus, a use notification indicating that the second information processing apparatus has been used;
• determining that the first information processing apparatus has not been preferentially used upon receiving the use notification from the second information processing apparatus;
• and
• changing a first control related to power consumption of the first information processing apparatus depending on whether the first processor has determined that the first information processing apparatus has not been preferentially used more than a predetermined number of times;
• and
• wherein the second information processing apparatus includes a second detection device and a second processor that is configured to execute processes of
• receiving the passerby notification from the first information processing apparatus;
• detecting an operation performed on the second information processing apparatus;
• determining that the second information processing apparatus has been preferentially used upon detecting the operation performed on the second information processing apparatus within a predetermined time after receiving the passerby notification from the first information processing apparatus;
• changing a second control related to power consumption of the second information processing apparatus depending on whether the second processor has determined that the second information processing apparatus has been preferentially used more than predetermined times,
• wherein both the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus are image forming apparatuses.