Patent ID: 8817306

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a management apparatus that manages operation setting information for switching the operation of an image forming apparatus; and an image forming apparatus that is managed by the management apparatus for each preset management range of a user, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a requesting unit configured to transmit an acquisition request for operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus, which includes configuration information about the devices provided in the image forming apparatus and information regarding the management range of a user who uses the image forming apparatus, to the management apparatus via a network; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire the operation setting information from the management apparatus as a response to the operation setting information acquisition request, and wherein the management apparatus comprises: a first holding unit configured to hold first operation setting information which is applied to the image forming apparatus belonging to a first management range which is the management range managed by the management apparatus; a second holding unit configured to hold second operation setting information which is commonly applied to the image forming apparatus belonging to a second management range; a generating unit configured to generate third operation setting information which is applied to the image forming apparatus, when a user who corresponds to the second management range uses the image forming apparatus belonging to the first management range, using the second operation setting information, and configured to store information including correspondence information among the third operation setting information, information regarding the second management range, and configuration information about the devices provided in an image forming apparatus used by the user as device information in a storage unit; a request accepting unit configured to accept the operation setting information acquisition request from an image forming apparatus belonging to the first management range, which is used by a user who corresponds to the second management range, via the network; and an information transmitting unit configured to acquire the third operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus based on configuration information about the devices provided in an image forming apparatus, which is used by the user, belonging to the first management range, the information regarding the second management range corresponding to the user, and the device information stored in the storage unit, all of which are included in the accepted operation setting information acquisition request, and configured to transmit them to the image forming apparatus.