Patent ID: 8705102

Claim:
A multi-function apparatus connectible to a network, the multi-function apparatus comprising: an operating unit that displays a predetermined display screen for receiving therethrough a user instruction for selecting one of a plurality of functions, including a network-display function for receiving information from a device on the network and displaying information based on the received information; a switching unit that switches between a first display screen for the network-display function and a second display screen for another function not including the network-display function to cause said operating unit to display the switched one as the predetermined display screen; a setting unit that sets as an operation mode of the multi-function apparatus, when the switching unit switches from the first display screen to the second display screen, one of a first operation mode in which a network connection for the network-display function is maintained or a second operation mode in which the network connection for the network-display function is disconnected; a control unit that controls, when said switching unit switches from the first display screen to the second display screen, to maintain the network connection for the network-display function in a case where the first operation mode is set by the setting unit, while to disconnect network connection for the network-display function in a case where the second operation mode is set by the setting unit.