Downloading of a control program corresponding to the type of the operating system

摘要

An information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device by using a local interface has: display unit for displaying an instruction input unit which can input or instruct a command that corresponds to the local interface and is used for controlling the operation of the peripheral device onto a display screen via a Web browser; recognizing unit for recognizing the operation instructed or inputted by the instruction input unit displayed by the display unit; calling unit for calling a general program corresponding to the operation in response to the operation recognized by the recognizing unit; issuing unit for issuing the command which can be interpreted by the peripheral device and corresponds to the local interface in response to the execution of the general program called by the calling unit; and transfer unit for transferring the command issued by the issuing unit to the peripheral device.