Patent ID: 8612562

Claim:
A network system comprising: a network device that provides a web service to a network terminal; and an information processing device that provides the web service on behalf of the network device, wherein the network device comprises: a first web service unit configured to generate and return, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal, a web service response to the web service request; a shifting unit configured to shift the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state; a first redirection unit configured to be operable when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state by said shifting unit, to redirect a web service request received from the network terminal to the information processing device; a reception unit configured to receive, from the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response; and a second redirection unit configured to redirect the web service response received by said reception unit to the network terminal, and wherein the information processing device comprises: a second web service unit configured to generate and return, to the network device, the web service response which responds to the web service request redirected from the network device by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as the reference destination of the data contained in the web service response.