IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

An image processing apparatus (105) capable of requesting a service providing apparatus communicable via an external network to perform processing includes activation means configured to activate check means configured to check a status of the processing acquired by an information processing apparatus communicable via an internal network, stopping means configured to stop the check means if the check means activated by the activation means recognizes that the status of the processing is not a stopped state, and request means configured to request the service providing apparatus to perform the processing if the check means is stopped.