Patent ID: 8610934

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that is connected with an image forming apparatus through a network and is configured to manage log information for a job related to image processing executed by the image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to control: a first receiver configured to receive, from the image forming apparatus that has formed an image by execution of the job, a first log including attribution information for the job and second recorded location information that is recorded location information for a second log related to the image formed in the image forming apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate first recorded location information that is recorded location information in the information processing apparatus for the second log; a log recording unit configured to record, in a predetermined storage unit, information including the first log and the first recorded location information as a third log, and to record log information including the second log and the third log; a command transmitter configured to transmit a transmission initiation command for the second log to the image forming apparatus, after the third log is recorded by the log recording unit; and a second receiver configured to receive the second log from the image forming apparatus according to the transmission initiation command.