Patent ID: 7880914

Claim:
An image processing apparatus connected to a network, comprising: a storage unit adapted to store a plurality of pieces of identification information of a plurality of information processing apparatuses; an instruction unit adapted to instruct to change the identification information stored in said storage unit; a first display unit adapted to display, when said instruction unit gives the instruction to change the identification information, the plurality of pieces of identification information of the plurality of information processing apparatuses stored in said storage unit; a search unit adapted to search for information processing apparatuses, other than said image processing apparatus, on the network; a second display unit adapted to display a plurality of pieces of identification information of the information processing apparatuses found by said search unit; and a change unit adapted to change identification information selected from the plurality of pieces of identification information displayed by said first display unit into identification information selected from the plurality of pieces of identification information displayed by said second display unit; wherein said storage unit stores settings associated with a plurality of types of setting items for one of the plurality of pieces of identification information, and said image processing apparatus further comprises a unit adapted to select, when said change unit changes the identification information selected from the plurality of pieces of identification information displayed by said first display unit, whether or not the selected identification information is changed for all the plurality of types of setting items for the selected identification information.