Image forming apparatus for being able to utilize application in which web browser is used

An image forming system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus;
• and
• a server for providing a Web application, said Web application being able to be utilized through said image forming apparatus that accesses said server, wherein
• said image forming apparatus includes:
• a registration unit for registering the Web application provided by said server;
• a storage for acquiring at least part of data, which is not stored in said image forming apparatus in data used in said Web application, when said registration unit registers said Web application, and storing the at least part of data in said image forming apparatus;
• a name setting unit for setting a fixed name relating to the Web application registered by said registration unit while correlating to said fixed name to a location in which said data is stored by said storage;
• a receiving unit for receiving an instruction to utilize said Web application;
• a document acquisition unit for acquiring a document expressing a Web page of said Web application from said server in response to the instruction received by said receiving unit;
• an analysis unit for analyzing whether the fixed name set by said name setting unit is included in a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) included in the document acquired by said document acquisition unit;
• a data acquisition unit for acquiring data correlating to said URI from the storage location of said data correlated to said fixed name when said analysis unit determines that said fixed name is included in said URI;
• and
• a generator for generating a display screen of said Web application based on said document using the data acquired by said data acquisition unit,
• the server includes an instruction unit for issuing an instruction relating to the fixed name that should be set by said name setting unit to said image forming apparatus based on the URI relating to data stored in said image forming apparatus by said storage in the URIs included in the document expressing the Web page of said Web application when said registration unit registers said Web application in said image forming apparatus, and
• the name setting unit sets said fixed name based on an instruction contents of said instruction unit.

An image forming system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus;
• and
• a server for providing a Web application, said Web application being able to be utilized through said image forming apparatus that accesses said server, wherein
• said image forming apparatus includes:
• a registration unit for registering the Web application provided by said server;
• a storage for acquiring at least part of data, which is not stored in said image forming apparatus in data used in said Web application, when said registration unit registers said Web application, and storing the at least part of data in said image forming apparatus;
• a name setting unit for setting a fixed name relating to the Web application registered by said registration unit while correlating to said fixed name to a location in which said data is stored by said storage;
• a receiving unit for receiving an instruction to utilize said Web application;
• a document acquisition unit for acquiring a document expressing a Web page of said Web application from said server in response to the instruction received by said receiving unit;
• an analysis unit for analyzing whether the fixed name set by said name setting unit is included in a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) included in the document acquired by said document acquisition unit;
• a data acquisition unit for acquiring data correlating to said URI from the storage location of said data correlated to said fixed name when said analysis unit determines that said fixed name is included in said URI;
• and
• a generator for generating a display screen of said Web application based on said document using the data acquired by said data acquisition unit,
• said name setting unit, when setting said fixed name, transmits information on the set fixed name to said server,
• the server includes:
• a name acquisition unit for acquiring the information of said fixed name transmitted from said name setting unit;
• and
• a document changing unit for changing the document expressing the Web page of said Web application based on the information acquired by said name acquisition unit, and
• said document changing unit changes the URI relating to data stored in said image forming apparatus by said storage in the URIs included in said document such that said fixed name is included in the URI relating to the data.

A method for controlling an image forming apparatus that accesses a server, which provides a Web application, to enable said Web application to be utilized, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving an instruction to utilize said Web application;
• acquiring a document expressing a Web page of said Web application in response to the instruction received in said receiving step;
• analyzing whether a previously-set fixed name is included in a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) included in the document acquired in said document acquisition step;
• acquiring data correlating to said URI from a predetermined location previously correlated to said fixed name when in analysis step, it is determined that said fixed name is included in said URI;
• and
• generating a display screen of said Web application based on said document using the data acquired in said data acquisition step.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a program for controlling an image forming apparatus that accesses a server, which provides a Web application, to enable said Web application to be utilized, the program causing a computer to execute process comprising:

• receiving step of receiving an instruction to utilize said Web application;
• document acquisition step of acquiring a document expressing a Web page of said Web application in response to the instruction received in said receiving step;
• analysis step of analyzing whether a previously-set fixed name is included in a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) included in the document acquired in said document acquisition step;
• data acquisition step of acquiring data correlating to said URI from a predetermined location previously correlated to said fixed name when in said analysis step, it is determined that said fixed name is included in said URI;
• and
• generating step of generating a display screen of said Web application based on said document using the data acquired in said data acquisition step.