Patent ID: 7466446

Claim:
An information processing method in an image processing apparatus which is capable of being accessed via a network by a plurality of client computers, said method comprising the steps of: registering profile list administration data including a list of profile names, profiles corresponding to each profile name and access information, each of the profiles being sent to the information processing apparatus from a client computer corresponding to a respective one of the profile names; receiving image data, a profile name and access information of a client computer via the network; comparing the received profile name with each profile name of the profile list administration data; setting a profile corresponding to the profile name in a case where the received profile name is coincident with the profile name of the profile list administration data to the processing apparatus; performing the image forming processing on the received image data based on the set profile; determining whether the received access information is coincident with the registered access information; and registering the access information to the registered profile list administration data in a case where the access information is new to the registered access information due to determining in said determining step.