Patent ID: 8818210

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for registering a printing apparatus connected to a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a printing apparatus detection unit configured to detect the printing apparatus connected to the network; an operation instruction unit configured to instruct a user of the information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation on the printing apparatus to be registered; a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus, wherein the status information indicates that the detected printing apparatus is executing the initial setting relevant operation; a printing apparatus identification unit configured to detect a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identify the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printing apparatus to be registered; and a printing apparatus registration unit configured to register the identified printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus identification unit acquires, if the execution of the initial setting relevant operation is not selected, an execution history of the initial setting relevant operation from the printing apparatus detected by the printing apparatus detection unit, and identifies the printing apparatus to be registered using the acquired execution history of the initial setting relevant operation.