Image processing apparatus capable of timely notifying user of change in state, control method thereof, and image processing system

A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, comprising:

• a storage step of storing information related to an event as update information in response to occurrence of the event in the image processing apparatus;
• a generation step of generating syndication data which includes a summary and link information for acquiring detailed information associated with the summary that is created based on the update information;
• a syndication data reading step in which a syndication data reader displays a list of available syndication data on a display unit of the image processing apparatus without an acquisition instruction from a user, and displays a summary of selected syndication data and an anchor by which the link information associated with the summary in the list can be selected on the display unit of the image processing apparatus in response to a selection of a syndication data displayed in the list;
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• a step of a browser acquiring the detailed information associated with the selected link information from a server in response to a selection of an anchor displayed by the syndication data reader, and displaying the acquired detailed information on the display unit of the image processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored code of a computer program executable by a computer embedded in an image processing apparatus, said program, when executed, causing the image processing apparatus to execute steps comprising:

• a storage step of storing information related to an event as update information in response to occurrence of the event in the image processing apparatus;
• a generation step of generating syndication data which includes a summary and link information for acquiring detailed information associated with the summary that is created based on the update information;
• a syndication data reading step of a syndication data reader displaying a list of available syndication data on a display unit of the image processing apparatus without an acquisition instruction from a user, and displaying a summary of a selected syndication data and an anchor by which the link information associated with the summary in the list can be selected on the display unit of the image processing apparatus in response to a selection of a syndication data displayed in the list;
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• a step of a browser acquiring the detailed information associated with the selected link information from a server in response to a selection of an anchor displayed by the syndication data reader, and displaying the acquired detailed information on the display unit of the image processing apparatus.