Patent ID: 8189219

Claim:
An image processing system including a plurality of image processing apparatuses and an information processing apparatus configured to manage each image processing apparatus, each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses being installed in any of a plurality of areas, and each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses and the information processing apparatus being in communication with each other, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises: a first storage unit configured to store information about each of the image processing apparatuses; a second storage unit configured to store entry authority information about each user, wherein the entry authority information indicates an area for which a user has an entry authority and an area for which the user does not have an entry authority; a receiving unit configured to receive user information for identifying a user; a searching unit configured to search for an image processing apparatus that is able to satisfy a received search condition, based on the information stored in the first storage unit; and an output unit configured to output a result of the search by the searching unit, wherein each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses comprises: a search condition sending unit configured to send a search condition for searching another image processing apparatus to the information processing apparatus; a user information sending unit configured to send entered user information to the information processing apparatus; and a display unit configured to display the search result outputted by the output unit, wherein the searching unit is configured to search for an image processing apparatus that is able to satisfy the search condition and is installed in an area that a user corresponding to the user information has an entry authority, based on the user information received by the receiving unit and the entry authority information stored in the second storage unit, wherein the display unit is configured to display information indicating whether each of the image processing apparatuses displayed in the list is installed in an area that the user corresponding to the user information has an entry authority.