Patent ID: 8381111

Claim:
A management apparatus which manages a plurality of image forming apparatus via a network comprising: at least one processor, the at least one processor executing a program so as to control one or more of: a setting unit configured to, when information about the image forming apparatus to be monitored is registered with a database, set a service function to be provided to the image forming apparatus; a management unit configured to manage a table associating the set service function with access-destination information for acquiring information corresponding to the set service function, the access-destination information differing by an operation mode between a user mode and a service mode set in the image forming apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the managed table, the access-destination information for acquiring information corresponding to the service function set by the setting unit and button information for selecting the service function, depending on whether the operation mode acquired from the image forming apparatus is determined as the user mode or as the service mode; and a response unit configured to, when the information about the image forming apparatus is registered with the database as an object to be managed, respond with the access-destination information and the button information that are generated by the generation unit to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus.