Patent ID: 8937738
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to allow an application to be executed, the image forming apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive setting information to be used in operation of the application and application identification information to identify the application; a registration unit configured to register the setting information and the application identification information received by the reception unit in a managing area where a plurality of pieces of the setting information are collectively managed; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, in response to a request for setting information from an installed application, the setting information being associated with the application identification information to identify the installed application from among the setting information registered in the managing area to the installed application as setting information of the installed application, wherein the reception unit receives the setting information and the application identification information from an external apparatus without using the installed application, wherein the transmission unit transmits a message indicating that the requested setting information is not present in response to the request for the setting information from the installed application in a case where the application identification information to identify the installed application is not registered by the registration unit.