Patent ID: 8237947
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A device-management system comprising a management apparatus, an information-processing apparatus that issues a job according to an instruction for print commencement by a user, and a device for processing the job, wherein the management apparatus comprises: an issuing unit constructed to issue device-control information indicating usage restriction of the device to the information-processing apparatus, wherein the information-processing apparatus comprises: a first receiving unit constructed to receive the device-control information issued by the issuing unit; a determination unit constructed to determine whether or not the first receiving unit has received the device-control information; a transmission unit constructed to transmit, to the device, a job to be executed within the scope of the device-control information received by the first receiving unit in the case that the determination unit determines that the first receiving unit has received the device-control information from the management apparatus; a holding unit constructed to hold, after transmitting the job, the device-control information received by the first receiving unit; an obtaining unit constructed to obtain the device-control information held by the holding unit in the case that the determination unit determines that the first receiving unit has not received the device-control information; and a generation unit constructed to generate a job for processing on the device, based on a permission condition indicating that reuse of the device-control information obtained by the obtaining unit is permitted, wherein log information to be held at the time of reuse of the device-control information is specified as the permission condition, wherein the device-control information includes an ID which is used by the device for determining whether or not the device-control information is to be reused, wherein, in the case that the determination unit determines that the device-control information has not been received by the receiving unit from the management apparatus and reuse of the device-control information held by the holding unit is permitted, the transmission unit transmits to the device via a network the job generated by the generation unit after outputting warning information indicating that an exceptional process is being performed based on the reuse of the device-control information held by the holding unit, and wherein, in the case that the determination unit determines that the device-control information has not been received by the receiving unit from the management apparatus and the reuse of the device-control information held by the holding unit is not permitted, the instruction for print commencement is canceled without generation of a job by the generation unit, wherein the device comprises: a second receiving unit constructed to receive a job sent by the transmission unit from the information-processing apparatus; and a processing unit constructed to process the job received by the second receiving unit within the scope of the device-control information.