Data communication and transmission for information processing devices in a network

An information processing device that is provided together with a plurality of other information processing devices in a network and is capable of communicating with a server, the information processing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to:
• transmit a predetermined kind of information about the respective other information processing devices to the server when the information processing device is in a first mode, and transmits the predetermined kind of information about the information processing device to a device functioning in the first mode among the other information processing devices when the information processing device is in a second mode;
• acquire load information about a load of each of the other information processing devices;
• determine a smallest load device that is the device having the smallest load among the other information processing devices and the information processing device, in accordance with the acquired load information and the load information about the information processing device;
• perform a mode setting process to realize a state where the device determined to be the smallest load device is in the first mode, and the other devices are in the second mode, among the other information processing devices and the information processing device;
• and
• notify the other information processing devices of the state,
• wherein, when the information processing device is in the second mode in a first period, and the information processing device is put into the first mode in a second period later than the first period, the a data communicator transmits the predetermined kind of information about the information processing device and the predetermined kind of information about each of the other information processing devices to the server in the second period.