Patent ID: 8896856

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a detector unit configured to detect a logout event notified from a logged-in user; a query unit configured to query, in a case where the detector unit detects the logout event while a job requiring an instruction from the logged-in user is being executed, the logged-in user whether or not to change a setting of the job under execution; and a control unit configured to: allow the logged-in user to log out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution, in a case where the setting of the job is changed as a result of the query made by the query unit; restrict the logged-in user from logging out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution, in a case where the setting of the job is not changed as a result of the query made by the query unit; and log out the logged-in user from the image processing apparatus without the query unit querying the logged-in user, in a case where the detector unit detects the logout event while a job not requiring an instruction from the logged-in user is being executed.