Abstract: A multifunction device enables access to both services resident on the multifunction device (MFD) and remote services through a user interface that processes digital documents through use of a Web browser. The device includes a browser for requesting and viewing external web applications pages on the local user interface of the MFD for remote service(s) running in the browser and for transmitting system events to remote service browser page(s). The device also includes a local applications service, which controls services resident on the MFD, and a local user interface, which permits local and remote systems to interrogate and control the MFD. Web services provide application programming interface(s) capable of utilizing a plurality of web protocols.