Patent ID: 8773676

Claim:
A multifunction peripheral that is communicably connected over a communications network to a server which executes an application program and that executes a process according to an instruction by the application program, the multifunction peripheral comprising: a display section that displays an information display screen; a storage section that stores information display screen setting data including default conditions for preparing said information display screen; and an information display screen preparation section that prepares said information display screen on a basis of the information display screen setting data, the information display screen preparation section (i) changing, in accordance with an instruction received from the server, at least one of the default conditions included in the information display screen setting data, and (ii) preparing said information display screen on a basis of the information display screen setting data including the change, wherein: the display section displays, as said information display screen, an operation input image for use by a user to input text; the storage section stores, as the information display screen setting data, default data including default conditions for preparing said operation input image; the information display screen preparation section prepares said operation input image on a basis of the default data; the multifunction peripheral further comprises an input accepting section that accepts a text input by the user for said operation input image; the information display screen preparation section (i) changes, in accordance with setting update data included in an instruction received from the server, at least one of the default conditions included in the default data, and (ii) causes the display section to display, as said information display screen, said operation input image prepared on a basis of the default data including the change; the default conditions included in the default data include information indicative of a plurality of parts images to be displayed in said operation input image; and the setting update data is information for changing the default conditions, included in the default data, so that at least one of the plurality of parts images is displayed in said operation input image and that a rest of the plurality of parts images is not displayed in said operation input image.