Patent ID: 8056140

Claim:
A job processing apparatus to communicate with a security server configured to manage an access right to data, the job processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store data, the storage unit including a plurality of storage areas; a managing unit configured to manage information indicating association between the plurality of storage areas and a plurality of users of the job processing apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of storage areas is associated with each of the plurality of users of the job processing apparatus; a detection unit configured to determine whether an access right to data stored in the storage unit is managed by the security server; and a setting unit configured to, when the detection unit determines that the security server does not manage an access right to the data stored in a storage area of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit, automatically set information for enabling the security server to manage an access right to the data such that a user, who is managed by the managing unit as being associated with a storage area where the data is stored, is allowed to access the data.