Patent ID: 8266178

Claim:
A management apparatus configured to manage log information related to a process in a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus operating in cooperation with each other, the management apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive first log information associated with a first user managed by the first information processing apparatus and second log information associated with a second user managed by the second information processing apparatus from the first and second information processing apparatuses, respectively, which independently perform user management, wherein the first log information includes authentication log information and job log information and the second log information includes job log information; a replacing unit configured to replace information related to the second user in the job log information included in the second log information with information related to the first user in response to the first user corresponding to the second user based on the authentication log information included in the first log information; a mergence unit configured to merge the job log information included in the first log information and the job log information after replacing the information by the replacing unit; wherein the job log information includes a log indicating a FAX job; and a log management unit configured to manage third log information generated on merging the job log information by the mergence unit.