Patent ID: 7277929

Claim:
A network system including a plurality of network devices interconnected with each other through a network, the plurality of network devices including at least a first network device and a second network device, one or more network devices including at least the first network device having a plurality of functions, wherein said one or more network devices including at least said first network device comprise a function-categorized web page delivering system that delivers function-categorized web pages respectively corresponding to one or more functions, among the plurality of functions, realized by said one or more network devices, the function-categorized web pages being displayed by network devices configured to display the function-categorized web pages, wherein said second network device includes: a location data collecting system that collects location data necessary for accessing the function-categorized web pages corresponding to one of the functions designated by a user from among said one or more network devices including said first network device; an access web page creating system that creates hyperlinks to the function-categorized web pages corresponding to the function designated by the user based on the location data collected by said location data collecting system; and a location data requesting system that requests said one or more network devices for location data corresponding to the function designated by the user, wherein said one or more network devices including said first network device comprises a location data transmitting system that transmits the location data of the function-categorized web page, which each of said one or more network devices can deliver, corresponding to the function designated by the user to said second network device in response to a request by said second network device, wherein said location data collecting system receives the location data transmitted by said one or more network devices including said first network device, and wherein said first network device stores a top page from which each of the functions of the first network device can be accessed, the function-categorized web pages respectively correspond to the functions of the first network device, and the location data, which the second network device requests and the first network device transmits, in response to the request by the second network device, is location data indicating a location of the function-categorized page corresponding to the function designated by the user.