Patent ID: 7237015

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a transmission unit that transmits device attribute information input by a user to search for a desired device; a reception unit that receives, as search results, device information of at least one device satisfying the device attribute information transmitted by said transmission unit; a first display unit that displays icons respectively corresponding to a device of the device information received as the search results by said reception unit; a second display unit that displays a map which represents a layout of a location in a first hierarchy; an acquisition unit that acquires, as an icon displayed by said first display unit is shifted onto the map displayed by said second display unit, coordinate information representing the location of the icon on the map, first location information in the first hierarchy represented by the map, and second location information in a second hierarchy superior to the first hierarchy and registered into the map; and a registration unit that registers the coordinate information, the first location information and the second location information which are acquired by said acquisition unit, to the device.