Patent ID: 9329817
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus that manages a device configured to execute a job requested from a client on a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store, in association with each other, (1) device identification information for identifying the device and (2) owner information for specifying an owner of the device; a registration unit configured to manage, in a case where a registration request for a device to be managed is received, the device to be managed as being in a device registered state by registering in the storage unit, in association with each other, (a) user information received from the device to be managed and (b) device identification information of the device to be managed; a deregistration unit configured (a) to perform, in a case where a deregistration request for a device in the device registered state is received, a matching process between user information received from the device in the device registered state and user information of a respective device stored in the storage unit, and (b) to perform a deregistration process for deregistration of the device in the device registered state, if the user information received from the device in the device registered state and the user information of the respective device stored in the storage unit match in the matching process; and a management unit configured to change, in a case where a state of the device in the device registered state satisfies a predetermined condition, the state of the device to an intermediate state, wherein the deregistration unit is further configured to perform the deregistration process, in a case where a deregistration request for a device in the intermediate state is received, for the device in the intermediate state without performing the matching process regarding user information of the device in the intermediate state.