Patent ID: 8446618

Claim:
An information management device that manages the processing result of a print job processed by a print device through a network, the information management device comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information through the network; an information output unit that outputs information; a time setting unit that sets a waiting time that is a waiting time for acquiring information on print completion based on the print device and information on the print job; and a polling unit that performs an acquisition polling process in which the information acquisition unit acquires information on the print job that has been completed from the print device at a time when the information acquisition unit acquires the information on the print completion from the print device before the set waiting time elapses after the information output unit outputs the print job to the print device, and performs a checking polling process in which the information acquisition unit checks the print device for completion information at a time when the set waiting time elapses in a state that the information acquisition unit does not acquire the completion information from the print device.