Abstract: An image forming apparatus which can be remotely operated by an external terminal comprises a touch panel for displaying various information and receiving an operation input from an operator, a status detection part for detecting an apparatus status of the image forming apparatus, a status display part provided separately from the touch panel, for displaying the apparatus status detected by the status detection part, a generation part for generating data of a first image representing a display content on the touch panel and a second image representing a display content on the status display part, and a transmitting part for transmitting the data of the first and second images to the external terminal as display data for a remote operation screen on the external terminal.

Abstract: An information processing system comprises a user terminal and an information processing device. A remote operation screen image for remotely operating the information processing device is displayed with the user terminal so that the information processing device is operated by remote control via the user terminal. The information processing device includes: a screen image controlling part for receiving operation information from the user terminal; a contents determining part for determining if contents accessed by a browser are internal contents of the information processing device when the operation information is a process request requiring start up of the browser; and a browser controlling part for starting up a first browser on the information processing device when the internal contents are to be accessed, and sending a browser start up instruction to cause start up of a second browser installed on the user terminal when external contents are to be accessed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operating portion to output operation identification information in response to acceptance of an operation designated by an operation user, an application portion operative, in response to reception of one of process identification information items, to perform a process of the type corresponding to the received process identification information item, an association portion operative, at the stage when an application program is installed, to associate a plurality of types of processes determined by the application program respectively with sets of one or more operations among a plurality of types of operations, a process specifying portion to specify a process associated with the set of one or more operations specified by the operation identification information item(s) output from the operating portion, and an operation notification portion to output the process identification information of the specified process to the application portion.