Patent ID: 8427671

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores information related to an event as update information in response to occurrence of the event in the image processing apparatus; a generation unit that generates syndication data which includes a summary and link information for acquiring detailed information associated with the summary that is created based on the update information; a syndication data reader that displays a list of available syndication data on a display unit of the image processing apparatus without an acquisition instruction from a user, and displays a summary of a selected syndication data and an anchor by which the link information associated with the summary in the list can be selected on the display unit of the image processing apparatus in response to a selection of a syndication data displayed in the list; and a browser that acquires the detailed information associated with the selected link information from a server in response to a selection of an anchor displayed by the syndication data reader, and displays the acquired detailed information on the display unit of the image processing apparatus.