A network facsimile apparatus includes a transmission job accepting portion, a gateway data acquiring portion, a geographical correspondence data acquiring portion, a closest region identifying portion, and a FAX transmission requesting portion. The closest region identifying portion identifies closest geographical information from among a plurality of pieces of geographical information in geographical correspondence data corresponding to area codes of a plurality of gateway line numbers. The closest geographical information indicates a region closest to a region indicated by a piece of geographical information that corresponds to an area code of the destination line number set in the FAX transmission data. The FAX transmission requesting portion transmits the FAX transmission data, via the network, to a FAX gateway to which a gateway address corresponding to the closest geographical information has been assigned, and requests a FAX transmission to be performed via the public line based on the FAX transmission data.

An image forming apparatus that shifts to a plurality of power states includes a notification unit that notifies, in a case where a power state of the image forming apparatus is shifted, a predetermined notification destination of the power state, a first setting unit that sets, as a notification method by the notification unit, a first notification method in which a reach confirmation is performed or a second notification method in which a reach notification is not performed, and a control unit that performs, in a case where the power state of the image forming apparatus is shifted to a specific power state, control of a notification by the notification unit in such a manner that a notification by the first notification method set by the first setting unit is switched to a notification by the second notification method.

Whether to enable a packet discarding mode is designated and, if an information processing apparatus operates in a power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is enabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for a received packet based on a proxy response pattern, a WOL pattern, and a discard pattern, and, if the information processing apparatus operates in the power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is disabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for the received packet based on the proxy response pattern and the WOL pattern without using the discard pattern.

An information processing system includes electronic devices and a service providing system constituted by information processing devices. The information processing system includes an information operating unit configured to send, from the service providing system to a user terminal, connection information for connecting to an electronic device relevant to a request for an operation, and an instruction for causing the electronic device to execute a process based on the request, when the request is received by the service providing system from the user terminal; and an information processing unit configured to perform a process of synchronizing information at the electronic device by accessing the service providing system according to the instruction from the user terminal, when the user terminal sends the instruction, which has been sent by the information operating unit, to the electronic device based on the connection information sent by the information operating unit.

Whether to enable a packet discarding mode is designated and, if an information processing apparatus operates in a power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is enabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for a received packet based on a proxy response pattern, a WOL pattern, and a discard pattern, and, if the information processing apparatus operates in the power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is disabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for the received packet based on the proxy response pattern and the WOL pattern without using the discard pattern.