Patent ID: 7827235

Claim:
A service providing system comprising: a client station and a service providing device; the service providing device being configured to provide a service to the client station; and the client station being configured to use one of a link-local address and a global address for accessing the service of the service providing device, wherein the service providing device includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether the client station uses the link-local address or the global address for accessing the service of the service providing device; a service providing unit configured to provide the client station with a first URL address of a page where entire control of the service providing device is possible when the determination unit determines that the client station uses the global address for accessing the service of the service providing device; and a notification requesting unit configured to request the client station to notify the service providing device of the global address of the client station when the determination unit determines that the client station uses the link-local address for accessing the service of the service providing device; wherein the service providing unit provides the client station (1) with the first URL address when the client station, in response to the request from the notification requesting unit, notifies the service providing device of the global address, and (2) with a second URL address of a page where a partial control of the service providing device is possible when the client station, in response to a request from the notification requesting unit, notifies the service providing device of the link-local address despite the request for the global address.