Patent ID: 7730225

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to transmit setting information used in an application program that operates on an image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: a processor comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a plurality of image forming apparatuses, application information indicating a type of each application program installed on the plurality of image forming apparatuses; an application selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of an application program corresponding to the application information acquired by the acquisition unit; a setting information selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of setting information used in the application program whose selection has been received by the application selection receiving unit; an apparatus selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of an image forming apparatus as a destination to which to transmit the setting information from among image forming apparatuses installed with the application program whose selection has been received by the application selection receiving unit; and a transmission control unit configured to control processing for transmitting, to the image forming apparatus whose selection has been received by the apparatus selection receiving unit, the setting information whose selection has been received by the setting information selection receiving unit.