Network system capable of providing proxy web service and proxy response method therefor, network device, information processing device, and control methods therefor, and storage medium

A network device that provides a web service to a network terminal and performs communication with an information processing device which provides the web service on behalf of the network device, comprising:

• a web service unit configured to generate and return, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal, a web service response to the web service request;
• a shifting unit configured to shift the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state;
• a first redirection unit configured to be operable when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state by said shifting unit, to redirect a web service request received from the network terminal to the information processing device;
• a reception unit configured to receive, from the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response;
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• a second redirection unit configured to redirect the web service response received from the information processing device by said reception unit to the network terminal.

An information processing device that performs communication with a network device which provides a web service to a network terminal, and provides the web service on behalf of the network device, comprising:

• a reception unit configured to receive a web service request which is dispatched from the network terminal and is redirected by the network device;
• a generation unit configured to be operable when said reception unit receives the web service request, to generate a web service response which responds to the web service request and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data included in the web service response;
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• a transmission unit configured to transmit the web service response generated by said generation unit to the network device.

A proxy response method in a network system including a network device that provides a web service to a network terminal, and an information processing device that provides the web service on behalf of the network device, comprising:

• generating and returning, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal by the network device, a web service response to the web service request;
• shifting the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state;
• redirecting, when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state, a web service request received from the network terminal to the information processing device;
• generating and returning to the network device, by the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected from the network device and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response;
• receiving the web service response from the information processing device, by the network device;
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• redirecting the web service response received from the information processing device by the network device to the network terminal.

A method of controlling a network device that provides a web service to a network terminal and performs communication with an information processing device which provides the web service on behalf of the network device, comprising:

• generating and returning, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal, a web service response to the web service request;
• shifting the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state;
• redirecting, when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state, a web service request received from the network terminal to the information processing device;
• receiving, from the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the redirected web service request and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response;
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• redirecting the web service response received from the information processing device to the network terminal.

A method of controlling an information processing device that performs communication with a network device which provides a web service to a network terminal, and provides the web service on behalf of the network device, comprising:

• receiving a web service request which is dispatched from the network terminal and is redirected by the network device;
• generating, when the web service request is received, a web service response which responds to the web service request and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data included in the web service response;
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• transmitting the generated web service response to the network device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program which functions in a network system including a network device that provides a web service to a network terminal, and an information processing device that provides the web service on behalf of the network device,

• wherein the program causes the network device to function as:
• a first web service unit configured to generate and return, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal, a web service response to the web service request;
• a shifting unit configured to shift the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state;
• a first redirection unit configured to be operable when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state by said shifting unit, to redirect a web service request received from the network terminal to the information processing device;
• a reception unit configured to receive, from the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response;
• a second redirection unit configured to redirect the web service response received by said reception unit to the network terminal, and
• wherein the program causes said information processing device to function as:
• a web service unit configured to generate and return, to the network device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected from the network device by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program which functions in a network device that provides a web service to a network terminal,

• wherein the program causes the network device to function as:
• a web service unit configured to generate and return, in response to receipt of a web service request for receiving the web service from the network terminal, a web service response to the web service request;
• a shifting unit configured to shift the network device to a predetermined state including a reduced power consumption state;
• a first redirection unit configured to be operable when the network device has been shifted to the predetermined state by said shifting unit, to redirect a web service request received from the network terminal to an information processing device;
• a reception unit configured to receive, from the information processing device, a web service response which responds to the web service request redirected by said first redirection unit and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data contained in the web service response;
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• a second redirection unit configured to redirect the web service response received from the information processing device by said reception unit to the network terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program which functions in an information processing device that performs communication with a network device which provides a web service to a network terminal, and provides the web service on behalf of the network device,

• wherein the program causes the information processing device to function as:
• a reception unit configured to receive a web service request which is dispatched from the network terminal and is redirected by the network device;
• a generation unit configured to be operable when said reception unit receives the web service request, to generate a web service response which responds to the web service request and in which the information processing device is designated as a reference destination of data included in the web service response;
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• a transmission unit configured to transmit the web service response generated by said generation unit to the network device.