Patent ID: 8854656

Claim:
A management apparatus configured to manage status of power supply of a plurality of image processing apparatuses capable of communicating via a network, the management apparatus comprising: an association unit configured to associate the plurality of image processing apparatuses with each other; a setting unit configured to set a time period for turning off the power supply of the image processing apparatuses; a determination unit configured to determine whether current time is in the time period set by the setting unit if a start-up request is received from an image processing apparatus; a request unit configured to transmit a reservation request for specifying time for turning off the power supply of the transmitted image processing apparatus that has transmitted the start-up request to the transmitted image processing apparatus if the determination unit determines that the current time is in the time period set by the setting unit; a start-up permission unit configured to transmit a start-up response for permitting start-up of functions other than a communication function provided in the transmitted image processing apparatus when a reservation response, to the reservation request from the transmitted image processing apparatus, including specified time for turning off the power supply of the transmitted image processing apparatus is received to the transmitted image processing apparatus; and a management unit configured to transmit a command for turning off the power supply of the transmitted image processing apparatus at the time specified by the reservation response, to the transmitted image processing apparatus, wherein the request unit is configured to check status of the other image processing apparatuses associated with the transmitted image processing apparatus by the association unit and, in the other image processing apparatuses, if there is no activated image processing apparatus, transmit the reservation request to the transmitted image processing apparatus.