| 摘要 |
An apparatus (10), a method, a system (1) and a program to efficiently provide information corresponding to a plurality of protocols for clients. The information providing apparatus (10), e.g. an image forming apparatus such as a copier, a printer and a facsimile, in response to a request transmitted in accordance with one of different protocols from a terminal (20) via a network (30), for transmitting dynamic information to the terminal, includes an information obtaining part (142,143) and an information converting part (144). The information obtaining part executes a predefined operation corresponding to the request transmitted in accordance with the protocol and obtains the dynamic information. The information converting part converts the dynamic information obtained by the information obtaining part into data corresponding to the protocol in accordance with a conversion rule defined for request identification information included in the request to identify the request. <IMAGE>
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