Patent ID: 8549408

Claim:
A multi-functional peripheral programmed to communicate with an information processing apparatus over a communications network, the information processing apparatus including a web server section operating in accordance with a web server software, the multi-functional peripheral comprising: a mode setting section programmed to (i) request for an entry of identification information identifying a user, (ii) select a mode of either (a) a user verification active mode allowing the user to use the multi-functional peripheral after the entry of the identification information is received or (b) a user verification inactive mode allowing the user to use the multi-functional peripheral without the entry of the identification information being received, and (iii) cause the mode selected to be executed; a web browser section programmed to operate in accordance with a web browser software, configured to store cookie information received from the web server section into a storage section; and a cookie information management section programmed to manage the cookie information in accordance with the mode set by the mode setting section, and in a case where the mode set by the mode setting section is the user verification inactive mode, the cookie information management section discarding the cookie information from the storage section after operation of the web browser section is terminated.