Patent ID: 8893235

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive, from a Web server, an authentication screen for inputting user information; a display unit configured to display, by a Web browser, the authentication screen received by the receiving unit; an acceptance unit configured to accept the user information input by a user who is operating the information processing apparatus, via the authentication screen displayed by the Web browser; an authorization unit configured to execute authentication processing using the user information accepted via the authentication screen displayed by the Web browser, and authorize, in a case where the authentication processing succeeds, the user to use a function of the information processing apparatus; and a controlling unit configured to control the authentication unit to execute the authentication processing based on the user information, without transmitting the user information accepted via the authentication screen displayed by the Web browser to the Web server, wherein the receiving unit, the acceptance unit, and the authorization unit are implemented, at least in part, by a processor and a memory.