Patent ID: 7594178
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A registering method in an information processing apparatus having a recording medium in which a resource downloader for downloading a resource which is used for an image forming apparatus has been stored, comprising: a device searching step of searching for devices to be managed as administration target devices from among a plurality of devices connected to a network; a display control step of controlling displaying such that from among the devices searched in said device searching step, devices to which respective resources can be downloaded are displayed with correspondence to the respective resources distinguishably from other devices; a list information holding step of holding list information of the devices searched in said device searching step; a resource type grouping step of grouping the administration target devices included in the device list information held in said list information holding step into resource type groups having respective download resource types, as registration target devices; a user grouping step of grouping the administration target devices included in the device list information held in said list information holding step into user device groups formed by the user, as registration target devices; a list display switching step of switching, when one of the resource type groups or one of the user device groups is selected as an administration target device registering destination in the device list information held in said list information holding step, to a list of the registration target devices included in the selected resource type group or user device group; and a device selecting step of selecting one or more devices from the device list based on user instructions, when no group is selected from among the resource type groups and the user device groups as the administration target device registering destination, wherein information on the devices searched in said device searching step includes resource types of resources which can be downloaded to the devices, and said display control step controls displaying of the device list in accordance with the switching made in said list display switching step.