Patent ID: 7730490

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus including a storage unit and at least any one of a network connection unit, a printer unit, and a scanner unit, a function provided by using a configuration of the image-forming apparatus being performed or controlled based on access-control information, the image-forming apparatus being capable of performing a flow based on flow setting information which designates an order of performance of a plurality of functions provided by the image-forming apparatus, the image-forming apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire access-control information for a user who has provided a signature to the flow setting information when the flow setting information stored in the storage unit includes the signature; and a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein, when validity of the flow is not verified based on the signature included in the flow setting information, the acquisition unit acquires the access-control information of the user who has provided instructions to perform the flow, and the flow is performed based on the access-control information.