Patent ID: 7408661

Claim:
A control apparatus which controls data communication between a client apparatus and an image processing apparatus, said control apparatus comprising: a first transfer unit adapted to transfer first display information to be displayed by a browser of said client apparatus to said client apparatus through a first network interface of said control apparatus in response to an access based on designation of a first address of said control apparatus from said client apparatus, wherein the first display information includes a link to a second address different from the first address; and a second transfer unit adapted to receive, in response to an access based on designation of the second address from said client apparatus, second display information to be displayed by the browser from said image processing apparatus through a second network interface of said control apparatus different from the first network interface, and to transfer the received second display information to said client apparatus through the first network interface, wherein the access based on the designation of the second address is performed based on the link to the second address included in the first display information transferred by said first transfer unit, wherein said control apparatus, said client apparatus, and said image processing apparatus are separate apparatuses.