Patent ID: 8271425

Claim:
An image processing system having a plurality of image processing devices connected through a network, comprising an authenticating unit performing user authentication for each one of the plurality of image processing devices, an authentication time storing unit storing for users a number of times that each user logs into each one of the plurality of image processing devices of said image processing system, a searching unit searching the network for a specific image processing device in which the logged-in user has previously logged into at least a predetermined number of times from the plurality of image processing devices based on a number of log-in times stored in the authentication time storing unit, a specifying unit specifying an image processing function previously used by the logged-in user at the specific image processing device, a download request processing unit downloading a program for the specified function of the specific image processing device to the respective image processing device on which the user is logged-in over the network, and a function implementing unit causing the respective image processing device to implement the specified function of the downloaded program on the respective image processing device.