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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Baba, Nishitokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a first management unit configured to manage identification information of a plurality of image forming apparatuses as management targets and an order of processing on the image forming apparatuses while associating the identification information with the order, a request unit configured to request, according to the order, device information from an image forming apparatus having identification information corresponding to the order, a removing unit configured to remove, if a power state of the image forming apparatus is a power saving state when the request unit requests the device information from the image forming apparatus, the identification information of the image forming apparatus from a management target by the first management unit, and a second management unit configured to manage the removed identification information together with timing information for specifying timing for returning the removed identification information as the management target by the first management unit.