Information processing apparatus and method

A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program consisting of codes to execute an information processing method in an image processing apparatus which is capable of being accessed via a network by a plurality of client computers, said method comprising the steps of:

• registering profile list administration data including a list of profile names, profiles coffesponding to each profile name and access information, each of the profiles being sent to the information processing apparatus from a client computer coffesponding to a respective one of the profile names;
• receiving image data, a profile name and access information of a client computer via the network;
• comparing the received profile name with each profile name of the profile list administration data;
• setting a profile corresponding to the profile name in a case where the received profile name is coincident with the profile name of the profile list administration data to the processing apparatus;
• performing the image forming processing on the received image data based on the set profile;
• determining whether the received access information is coincident with the old access information;
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• registering the access information to the registered profile list administration data in a case where the access information is new to the registered access information due to determining in said determining step.

An information processing apparatus which is capable of being accessed via a network by a plurality of client computers, said apparatus comprising:

• a registering unit adapted to register a profile list administration data including a list of profile names, profiles corresponding to the each profile name and an access information, each of the profiles being sent from a client computer to the image forming apparatus, coffesponding to the each profile name;
• a receiving unit adapted to receive an image data, a profile name and an access information of a client computer via the network;
• a comparing unit adapted to compare the received profile name with the each profile name of the profile list administration data;
• a setting unit adapted to set a profile corresponding to the profile name in case that the received profile name is coincident with the profile name of the profile list administration data to said image processing apparatus;
• a processing unit adapted to perform the image forming process to the received image data based on the set profile;
• a determining unit adapted to determine whether the received access information is coincident with the hold access information;
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• a registering unit adapted to register the access information to the registered profile list administration data in case that the access information is new to the registered access information due to determining by said determining unit.