Patent ID: 7325031

Claim:
A service providing system for providing services related to an apparatus by means of a web server using a web page, the apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits specific information specific to the apparatus to the web server provided outside and connected to a network, an apparatus-related web page providing unit that provides an apparatus-related web page related to the apparatus in response to a request from an outside device provided with a web browser, and a (Uniform Resource Locator) URL obtaining unit; and the web server comprising: a receiving unit that receives the specific information of the apparatus transmitted by the transmitting unit of the apparatus, a web page creating unit that creates a devoted web page related to the apparatus from which the specific information is transmitted based on the specific information received by the receiving unit, and a URL outputting unit that outputs the URL of the devoted web page created by the web page creating unit, wherein the URL obtaining unit of the apparatus obtains the URL of the devoted web page output by the URL outputting unit of the web server, and wherein the apparatus displays a link specified by the URL of the devoted web page obtained by the URL obtaining unit on the apparatus-related web page provided by the apparatus-related web page providing unit, and wherein the apparatus includes a printer and the specific information includes printer information.