Patent ID: 8433781

Claim:
An image processing apparatus connectable to a network, comprising: an identification unit operable to identify a login name of a user of the image processing apparatus; a login name management table operable to list a login name and a password required to start using the image processing apparatus; a web sign-in management table which is operable to list a plurality of login names and locations of a plurality of different web servers, and in which, with respect to each login name, a location of one or more web servers is associated with a sign-in information to sign-in to a respective one of the web servers; a controller that determines, based on the login name in the login name management table, a sign-in information in the web sign-in management table pertaining to the login name identified by the identification unit when a user logs in to start using the image processing apparatus with the identified login name; and a transmission unit operable to transmit the sign-in information to the respective web server, the location of which is associated with the sign-in information in the web sign-in management table pertaining to the login name identified by the identification unit.