Image forming apparatus that displays button for accessing server, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaaki Sato, Shiro Kunori
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that makes it possible to easily create an access button on a Web browser, for accessing a server from the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus is capable of communicating with the server via a network. The image forming apparatus requests the server to perform authentication of the image forming apparatus, and receives a result of the authentication from the server. When the received result of the authentication indicates success, favorite information including a URL of the server is registered. A button for accessing the server is displayed based on the favorite information.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus that is capable of communicating with a server via a network, comprising:
- a request unit configured to request the server to perform authentication of the image forming apparatus;
- a reception unit configured to receive a result of the authentication from the server requested to perform the authentication;
- a registration unit configured to register favorite information including a URL of the server in a case where the result of the authentication received by said reception unit indicates success;
- and
- a display unit configured to display, based on the favorite information, a button for accessing the server.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus that is capable of communicating with a server via a network, comprising:
- requesting the server to perform authentication of the image forming apparatus;
- receiving a result of the authentication from the server requested to perform the authentication;
- registering favorite information including a URL of the server in a case where the result of the authentication received by said receiving indicates success;
- and
- displaying, based on the favorite information, a button for accessing the server.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling an image forming apparatus that is capable of communicating with a server via a network,
- wherein the method comprises:
- requesting the server to perform authentication of the image forming apparatus;
- receiving a result of the authentication from the server requested to perform the authentication;
- registering favorite information including a URL of the server in a case where the result of the authentication received by said receiving indicates success;
- and
- displaying, based on the favorite information, a button for accessing the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.