Patent ID: 7969599

Claim:
A device managing system in which an issuing server which issues access limitation information associated with a device, a client which issues a job including the access limitation information acquired from the issuing server, the device which prints based on the job, and a counting server which counts process amounts in the device for each user, said counting server comprises: an acquiring unit adapted to acquire a value indicated by an issuing policy flag associated with issuance of the access limitation information and managed by a managing apparatus; a holding unit adapted to hold, for each user, an in-process job flag indicating if a job process is in progress; and a notifying unit adapted to, when a query about a printable page count in the device for a user of the client which issued the job is received from said issuing server, notify said issuing server of a reply to the query based on the value indicated by the issuing policy flag acquired by said acquiring unit and a value indicated by the in-process job flag, and said issuing server comprises: a receiving unit adapted to receive an issuing request of access limitation information of the device for the user of the client from the client which issued the job; a sending unit adapted to send a query about a printable page count in the device to said counting server based on the issuing request received by said receiving unit; and a generating unit adapted to generate the access limitation information based on a reply from said counting server to the query sent by said sending unit.