Communication control device, method, and computer readable medium allowing an information processing device to be in a power saving mode for an extended period and allowing an application part to continue functioning

A communication control method for controlling communication corresponding to a command from an application part which requests data communication with an information processing device connected through a network, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving, from said application part, the command requesting the data communication with said information processing device;
• (b) determining whether or not a command defined to perform virtual data communication with a predetermined virtually response part included in a command list is received from said application part;
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• (c) obtaining, through the virtual data communication with said virtually response part, virtual response information from said virtually response part and outputting the obtained virtual response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is included in said command list, while obtaining, through actual data communication with said information processing device, response information from said information processing device and outputting the obtained response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is not included in said command list.

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which a program is recorded, said program executed by a computer which performs data communication with an information processing device connected through a network, said program causing said computer to execute the steps of:

• (a) receiving, from an application part, a command requesting the data communication with said information processing device;
• (b) determining whether or not a command defined to perform virtual data communication with a predetermined virtually response part included in a command list is received from said application part;
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• (c) obtaining, through the virtual data communication with said virtually response part, virtual response information from said virtually response part and outputting the obtained virtual response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is included in said command list, while obtaining, through actual data communication with said information processing device, response information from said information processing device and outputting the obtained response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is not included in said command list.

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which a program is recorded, said program executed by a computer which performs data communication with an information processing device connected through a network, said program causing said computer to operate as a system comprising:

• a communication control part for performing data communication corresponding to a command from an application part, which requests data communication with said information processing device and for outputting response information obtained through the data communication to said application part;
• and
• a virtually response part for storing information received from said information processing device and for generating virtual response information, containing information as to said information processing device, responding to the command from said application part, wherein
• said communication control part manages registration information including at least one command for requesting virtual data communication performed hypothetically with said virtually response part registered, obtains the virtual response information through the virtual data communication with said virtually response part and outputs the obtained virtual response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is registered in said registration information, while obtaining the response information through actual data communication with said information processing device and outputting the obtained response information to said application part when the command received from said application part is not registered in said registration information.