Patent ID: 9007629
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to issue a printing instruction via a network to cause an image output device to execute a print job, the information processing apparatus comprising: a request unit configured to make an acquisition request of device management information to be updated corresponding to the information processing apparatus, to a management device configured to manage the device management information including at least information regarding an output destination of the printing instruction issued by the information processing apparatus; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the device management information to be updated from the management device according to the acquisition request; a determination unit configured to determine whether the device management information to be updated includes information regarding a server device configured to generate a print job according to the printing instruction from the information processing apparatus to input the print job to the image output device; an output destination registration unit configured to register the server device as the output destination of the printing instruction based on the information regarding the server device if the device management information to be updated is determined to include the information regarding the server device; and a first display unit configured to display a device-stage screen provided by a device management function of managing the image output device by allocating related information and a program to and/or for the image output device, the device management function being included in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, wherein a plurality of the server devices registered by the output destination registration unit is displayed on the device-stage screen as candidates of a server device to generate and input a print job to the image output device, wherein the plurality of the server devices comprises cloud service server devices, and the cloud service server devices being displayed on the device-stage screen are each located on a distinct cloud; and each of the displayed cloud service server devices are designated by a respective service button such that, when a service button is selected, the corresponding cloud service server device is selected as an output destination of the printing instruction, and wherein the device-stage screen further displays an “OFF” option operating to disable the selection of a cloud service server device as an output destination.