Patent ID: 8605305

Claim:
An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus comprising: a storage part that preliminary stores device information including function use authority information indicating users who are authorized to use a function of the image forming apparatus; a determination part that determines, based on identification information of a user that is logged in the image processing apparatus, whether the user as indicated by the identification information is included in the users indicated by the function use authority information included in the device information that is preliminary stored in the storage part; a display part that displays functions that are available to the user indicated by the identification information based on the function use authority information included in the device information that is preliminary stored in the storage part when the determination part determines that the user is included in the users indicated by the function use authority information; an acquisition part that acquires the device information from the image forming apparatus when the determination part determines that the user is not included in the users indicated by the function use authority information; and an updating part that updates the function use authority information included in the device information that is preliminary stored in the storage part based on the function use authority information included in the device information that is acquired by the acquisition part, wherein the display part displays functions that are available to the user indicated by the identification information according to the function use authority information that is updated by the updating part.