Patent ID: 8285831

Claim:
An image display apparatus that is connected to an information terminal having a web client function via a network and includes a web server function, the apparatus comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the information terminal; an image display unit that forms and displays an image; a control unit that controls the image display unit; a storage unit that stores model data defining a model of web screen information for instructing the control of the image display unit; and a generation unit that generates the web screen information that is capable of being displayed in the information terminal by selecting the model data stored in the storage unit based on user agent information included in a request signal for the web screen information transmitted from the information terminal, and configuring, in the model indicated by the model data, an instruction unit for instructing a control item that controls the display unit, wherein the communication unit transmits the web screen information generated by the generation unit to the information terminal, and the control unit controls the control item of the image display unit based on an instruction signal transmitted as a result of specifying the instruction unit of the web screen information displayed in the information terminal.