Patent ID: 8239857
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which can communicate with an external device, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive information indicating that a first application is to be installed on the information processing apparatus and a second application is to be installed on the external device, the first application, the second application, a first license corresponding to the first application, and a second license corresponding to the second application; and a controlling unit configured to determine whether the first license permits the information processing apparatus to install the first application, to determine whether the second license permits the external device to install the second application, to install the first application on the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determined that the first license permits the information processing apparatus and the second license permits the external device and to instruct the external device to install the second application on the external device in a case where it is determined that the first license permits the information processing apparatus and the second license permits the external device, wherein in a case where it is determined that the first license does not permit the information processing apparatus or the second license does not permit the external device, the controlling unit does not install the first application and does not instruct the external device to install the second application.