Patent ID: 9009244
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive, through an input unit, a plurality of addresses for transmitting mail including a URL of a web page provided by the image forming apparatus; a notification unit configured to transmit the mail including the URL of the web page to the plurality of addresses received by the receiving unit; a delivery unit configured to, in response to a download request from an external apparatus via the web page indicated by the URL, deliver to the external apparatus a setup file of a device driver for the image forming apparatus registered in a storage region of the image forming apparatus; and a registration unit configured to allocate a unique ID to the each address and register the address, the ID, and information indicating whether the download has been requested and associate the address, the ID, and the information with one another, wherein the addresses are input using an address book previously stored in the image forming apparatus, wherein the notification unit is configured to transmit to the address the mail including the URL of the web page to which the ID allocated to the address is added, and wherein the registration unit is configured to register, in association with the ID added to the URL, information indicating that the download has been performed in response to the download request from the external apparatus via the web page corresponding to the URL.