Patent ID: 8279462

Claim:
A notification method for notifying a processing status of a printing job in an information processing apparatus communicating with a printing apparatus and accepting log-ins by a plurality of users, comprising: a first acquisition step of obtaining first identification information indicating a log-in user logging in to said information processing apparatus upon generation and transmission of a printing job, wherein a job owner information which is to be transferred to the image processing apparatus with the print job is modified independently of the first identification information by a printer driver when the print job is a secure job; a holding step of holding within the information processing apparatus, the first identification information obtained in said first acquisition step; a reception step of receiving notification information indicating a processing state of the printing job from an external apparatus; a second acquisition step of, when said notification information is received at said reception step, obtaining second identification information indicating a log-in user who is logging in said information processing apparatus at the time of reception; and a determination step of determining whether the printing job corresponding to the notification information is the secure job and determining, when the printing job is the secure job, whether or not said notification information is to be displayed at the information processing apparatus by comparing said first identification information obtained and held within the information processing apparatus at said first acquisition step and said holding step with said second identification information obtained at said second acquisition step.