Patent ID: 7904634
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage terminal comprising: an information storage unit that includes a plurality of storage areas having individually different identifiers assigned thereto; an association storage unit that stores the identifiers individually in association with different communication addresses on a network; a receiving unit that receives a request including one of the communication addresses; a processing unit that identifies an identifier associated with the communication address included in the request with reference to the association storage unit and that executes processing according to the request on a storage area having the identified identifier assigned thereto; and a sending unit that sends information to a client apparatus on which an Internet browser program is executed; wherein each of the storage areas stores first information and second information, the first information being information that is displayed according to a procedure defined in the Internet browser program, and the second information being information that is output according to a procedure defined in a program different from the Internet browser program, wherein the receiving unit receives a request sent from the client apparatus, wherein the processing unit executes processing according to the request received from the client apparatus by executing an Internet server program, wherein when the request received from the client apparatus by the receiving unit is a request specifying the first information, the processing unit reads the specified first information from the storage area having the identified identifier assigned thereto, and sends the specified first information from the sending unit to the client apparatus according to a communication standard for exchange of information by the storage terminal, and wherein when the request received from the client apparatus by the receiving unit is a request specifying the second information, the processing unit reads the specified second information from the storage area having the identified identifier assigned thereto, and sends the specified second information from the sending unit to the client apparatus according to a read/write standard for reading information from or writing information to the information storage unit.