Patent ID: 8225360

Claim:
An information processing apparatus connectable to an image pickup device and a server device, the image pickup device being connectable to a printer, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit that acquires printer information indicating information on a printer connected to the image pickup device if the information processing apparatus is connected to the image pickup device; a determining unit that determines whether the printer indicated by the printer information acquired by the acquiring unit can be registered with the server device; and a display control unit that displays, on a display unit, an indication that the printer indicated by the printer information can be registered with the server device if the determining unit determines that the printer indicated by the printer information can be registered with the server device, wherein the printer information contains a number of times of established connection between the image pickup device and the printer, and the determining unit determines whether the printer indicated by the printer information can be registered with the server device by determining whether the number of times of established connection is equal to or larger than a predetermined number.