Patent ID: 8934107
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A multifunction apparatus which is programmed to (i) communicate to an information processing apparatus via a communication network, the information processing apparatus including a first web server section operating in accordance with software of a web server, and (ii) perform cooperative processing in operation with an external application executed in the information processing apparatus, the multifunction apparatus comprising: a display section; a web browser section programmed to operate in accordance with software of the web browser and to cause the display section to display a screen in accordance with data received from the first web server section; a first storage section arranged to store processing target image data to be subjected to processing; a second storage section arranged to store display image data for displaying an image on the display section, the second storage section storing the display image data corresponding to the processing target image data; a control section programmed to generate location information indicating a location of the display image data stored in the second storage section; and a second web server section for operating in accordance with the software of the web server and being accessible to the second storage section, wherein the location information is a uniform resource locator (URL) for obtaining the display image data via the second web server section, the web browser section being programmed so that in accordance with operation screen data including the location information generated by the control section, the web browser section obtains the display image data indicated by the location information from the second storage section by accessing the second web server section and performs an operation screen display process of displaying, on the display section, an operation screen including an image indicated by the display image data, the control section being programmed so that the control section receives an obtaining request for a list of the display image data from the external application, and, when the control section receives the obtaining request, the control section generates the location information and transmits the location information to the information processing apparatus, and the web browser section being also programmed so that the web browser section receives from the information processing apparatus the operation screen data including the location information, and performs the operation screen display process in accordance with the operation screen data thus received, the operation screen data being generated by the information processing apparatus on the basis of the location information that the information processing apparatus has received from the control section.