Patent ID: 7640372
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus connectable to a server via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a managing unit configured to manage count information pertaining to the information processing; a notifying unit configured to notify the server of the managed count information managed by the managing unit; a receiving unit configured to receive, from a user, an instruction of deleting the managed count information; a control unit configured to control the notifying unit to notify the server of the managed count information, and to inhibit use of the information processing apparatus by the user relating to the managed count information that is instructed to be deleted when the receiving unit receives the instruction; a determination unit configured to determine whether the notification by the notifying unit has succeeded or failed; and a deleting unit configured to delete the managed count information in a case where it is determined that the notification by the notifying unit has succeeded, wherein the managed count information is not deleted in a case where it is determined that the notification by the notifying unit has failed.