Patent ID: 8336062

Claim:
An administration device for a plurality of image processing devices, the administration device comprising: an acquiring unit to acquire information for specifying a plug-in application designated by a user from among a plurality of installed plug-in applications; an administration program starting unit to start an administration program when a plug-in application of said administration program is designated by the user; a display unit to display a user interface for selecting the designated plug-in application such that said plug-in application designated by the user can be selected by the user; an accepting unit to accept, from the user, selection of one of said plurality of image processing devices as a target of operation; an application starting unit to start the selected plug-in application when the plug-in application is selected by said user; and a providing unit to provide, at the time of startup of said plug-in application, information of said selected device to the plug-in application being started, wherein when the user designates the plug-in application, the display unit displays buttons related to the designated plug-in application in a home display area, and wherein the buttons displayed in the home display area represent less than all of the plug-in applications.