DEVICE SETTING APPARATUS, DEVICE SETTING SYSTEM, DEVICE SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A device setting apparatus identifies a user, update operation setting information regarding a plurality of devices stored in a first storage unit regardless of a setting change operation from a user, and upon receiving a setting change operation for at least some of the plurality of devices through a receiver configured to receive an operation from the user, changes an operation setting of the at least some of the plurality of devices according to the setting change operation and causing a second storage unit to store temporary change information that is based on content of the setting change operation, wherein a process of causing the second storage unit to store the temporary change information is performed regardless of a progress state of the update process, the operation setting information and the temporary change information are compared after the update process is completed, and the temporary change information is reflected in the operation setting information when the temporary change information has not been reflected in the operation setting information.