Patent ID: 8099507

Claim:
A management system comprising a management apparatus and a managed apparatus which being managed by the management apparatus, connected with each other by a communications network, wherein in an initial registration phase where the managed apparatus sends a registration request notice to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus returns a registration permission notice to the managed apparatus in response to the registration request notice; the management system comprising a registration controller which is configured: to determine, in cases where one of first communications methods including a method via a telephone line is utilized that enables immediate mutual communication between the management apparatus and the managed apparatus, that a final registration has completed at a phase when the managed apparatus has received the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, and to enable the managed apparatus to use all functions, which include a function requiring a registration from a viewpoint of security, of the managed apparatus; and in cases where one of second communications methods via a server including a mail server or a HTTP server is utilized between the management apparatus and managed apparatus, to determine that a temporary registration has completed at a phase when connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established, and to enable the managed apparatus to use only preset functions, which do not require any registration from the viewpoint of security and include a copying function of an original document set on the managed apparatus, among the all functions of the managed apparatus, and at a phase when the managed apparatus has acquired the registration permission notice from the management apparatus after the temporary registration having completed, to determine that the final registration has completed, and to enable the managed apparatus to use the all functions of the managed apparatus.