Patent ID: 8505082

Claim:
An information processing system that executes a cooperative job that is executed by cooperation between a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function, comprising: a source cooperative information processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input authentication information which is to be authenticated by a destination cooperative information processing apparatus for executing a cooperative job; and a transmission unit configured to transmit authentication information that is input by the input unit to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus, and the destination cooperative information processing apparatus comprising: an authentication unit configured to perform authentication based on the authentication information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the source cooperative information processing apparatus of a result of authentication by the authentication unit, and wherein the source cooperative information processing apparatus further comprises: a creation unit configured to create, when a result to the effect that authentication succeeded is notified by the notification unit, account information based on authentication information that is input by the input unit; and a management unit configured to perform management of the cooperative job using account information created by the creation unit, and wherein the cooperative job includes that the destination cooperative information processing apparatus transmits image data transmitted from the source cooperative information processing apparatus using a facsimile transmitting function, and wherein each of the input unit, the transmission unit, the creation unit and the management unit is implemented by using one or more processors, and each of the authentication unit and the notification unit is implemented by using one or more processors.