System and method using the same, information processing apparatus and method using the same, and storage medium

A method using a system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus connected to a network environment where a network device is located;
• and a management server managing the network device from outside the network environment without holding local address information used in the network environment where the network device is located, the method comprising:
• by the management server, providing page information comprising:
• a description for passing an identifier for identifying the network device being managed to an application executed in the information processing apparatus;
• and a page object associated with the description;
• and
• by the information processing apparatus,
• performing a search process in the network environment if the page object is selected via a screen displayed based on the page information in a web browser executed in the information processing apparatus, and
• if a network device corresponding to the identifier passed from the web browser to the application in response to selecting the page object is found in the search process, presenting information for accessing a management screen provided by the network device, the information being presented using local address information acquired from the network device corresponding to the identifier and found in the search process.

An information processing apparatus that is connected to a network environment where a network device is located and that executes a web browser, the apparatus comprising,

• at least one memory storing instructions related to an application, and at least one processor executing the instructions causing the information processing apparatus to:
• perform a search process in the network environment if a page object is selected via a screen displayed in the web browser, the screen being displayed based on page information provided by a management server, wherein the page information includes a description for passing an identifier for identifying a network device being managed by the management server to the application, and the page object associated with the description;
• and
• if a network device corresponding to the identifier passed from the web browser to the application in response to selecting the page object is found in the search process, present information for accessing a management screen provided by the network device, the information being presented using local address information acquired from the network device corresponding to the identifier and found in the search process.

A method using an information processing apparatus that is connected to a network environment where a network device is located and that executes a web browser, the method comprising:

• performing a search process in the network environment as functionality of an application if a page object is selected via a screen displayed in the web browser, the screen being displayed based on page information provided by a management server, the page information comprising:
• a description for passing an identifier for identifying a network device being managed by the management server to an application;
• and the page object associated with the description;
• and
• if a network device corresponding to the identifier passed from the web browser to the application in response to selecting the page object is found in the search process, presenting, as the functionality of the application, information for accessing a management screen provided by the network device, the information being presented using local address information acquired from the network device corresponding to the identifier and found in the search process.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program for a method using an information processing apparatus that is connected to a network environment where a network device is located and that executes a web browser, the method comprising:

• performing a search process in the network environment as functionality of an application if a page object is selected via a screen displayed in the web browser, the screen being displayed based on page information provided by a management server, the page information comprising:
• a description for passing an identifier for identifying a network device being managed by the management server to an application;
• and the page object associated with the description;
• and
• if a network device corresponding to the identifier passed from the web browser to the application in response to selecting the page object is found in the search process, presenting, as the functionality of the application, information for accessing a management screen provided by the network device, the information being presented using local address information acquired from the network device corresponding to the identifier and found in the search process.