Patent ID: 8856318

Claim:
A network system in which a device management system configured to communicate with a plurality of devices to manage collected device information indicating the setting and configuration of the devices, a data delivery system configured to deliver data to the devices and an information processing apparatus are connected with each other, wherein: the information processing apparatus including a display device comprises: a first display unit configured to display a first screen provided by the device management system on the display device; a second display unit configured to display a second screen provided by the data delivery system on the display device when a user performs a predetermined operation on the first screen provided by the device management system; and a request unit configured to request the device management system to retrieve identification information of a device to which data is to be delivered via the second screen provided by the data delivery system; the device management system comprises: a retrieval unit configured to retrieve, from a database for managing information of devices to be monitored by the device management system, identification information of a device to which data is to be delivered, based on the request from the request unit; and a responding unit configured to transmit information related to the results of retrieval by the retrieval unit to the information processing apparatus as the response to the request from the request unit, wherein the data delivery system is designated as a redirection destination on the transmission of the information related to the results of the retrieval; and the data delivery system comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive the information related to the results of retrieval from the information processing apparatus according to a transfer process operated on the information processing apparatus using the redirection destination.