Information processing apparatus, method of registering device connected to information processing apparatus in server, and storage medium

A method of registering a device, connected to an information processing apparatus, in a server, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to the server and by the information processing apparatus, authentication information for a login process on the server;
• upon success of the login process, searching, by the information processing apparatus, for a device connected to the information processing apparatus having transmitted, to the server, the authentication information resulting in the success of the login process on the server;
• in response to an instruction for registering a found device connected to the information processing apparatus, making a first request to the server for setting information without making a second request to the server to register the found device connected to the information processing apparatus;
• transmitting, to the found device connected to the information processing apparatus, the setting information obtained from the server in response to the first request, wherein the setting information includes common setting information designated by an administrator as settings to be reflected to the found device, and the settings include a security setting for communication between the server and the found device and a setting related to a firmware automatic update of the found device;
• determining whether the setting information has been reflected in the found device connected to the information processing apparatus;
• and
• upon determining that the setting information has been reflected in the found device connected to the information processing apparatus, transmitting, to the server, identification information of the found device connected to the information processing apparatus and making the second request to the server to register the found device connected to the information processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a process to execute a method of registering a device, connected to an information processing apparatus, in a server, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to the server and by the information processing apparatus, authentication information for a login process on the server;
• upon success of the login process, searching, by the information processing apparatus, for a device connected to the information processing apparatus having transmitted, to the server, the authentication information resulting in the success of the login process on the server;
• in response to an instruction for registering a found device connected to the information processing apparatus, making a first request to the server for setting information without making a second request to the server to register the found device connected to the information processing apparatus;
• transmitting, to the found device connected to the information processing apparatus, the setting information obtained from the server in response to the first request, wherein the setting information includes common setting information designated by an administrator as settings to be reflected to the found device, and the settings include a security setting for communication between the server and the found device and a setting related to a firmware automatic update of the found device;
• determining whether the setting information has been reflected in the found device connected to the information processing apparatus;
• and
• upon determining that the setting information has been reflected in the found device connected to the information processing apparatus, transmitting, to the server, identification information of the found device connected to the information processing apparatus and making the second request to the server to register the found device connected to the information processing apparatus.