Patent ID: 7925497

Claim:
An information service apparatus comprising: a network interface configured to provide information to a terminal via a network in accordance with a request received from the terminal; an operation panel at the information service apparatus configured to display operation information corresponding to said information service apparatus; an interface configured to receive a selection of a language used for displaying said operation information on said operation panel; a language correspondence judgment part configured to judge whether the information can be provided in a language designated by discrimination information contained in the request from said terminal; and a language determination part configured to determine the language to be used in providing said information, wherein when said language correspondence judgment part determines that said information in the language designated by said discrimination information cannot be provided, said language determination part acquires language data corresponding to the language selected by the selection received at said interface and currently used for displaying said operation information on said operation panel and selects said acquired language data as language data of said language used for providing said information.