Gateway apparatus and network system

Abstract

In a network system, only text data is displayed on a portable telephone when access is made to a page which is made public on the Internet by use of the portable telephone. An image of the page and information indicating a URL of the page are stored into a predetermined folder according to an instruction for storage of the page from the portable telephone based on the operation by the user.

1 . A network system having a server and an image forming apparatus, characterized in that the server comprises: 
 first communication means for interfacing with a mobile terminal;    second communication means for acquiring data of a page which is made public on a network in response to a request from the first communication means for acquiring a page which is made public on the network; and    control means for storing data of a page acquired by the second communication means in the predetermined storage location where the mobile terminal instructs storage of data of the page and the image forming apparatus comprises:    third communication means for acquiring data of the page acquired by the server from the network, from the storage location; and    printing means for printing on an image forming medium based on the data of page acquired by the third communication means.    
   
   
       2 . A network system according to  claim 1 , wherein the control means further extracts data that can be displayed by the mobile terminal from the data of the page acquired by the second communication means and transmits it to the mobile terminal using the first communication means.  
   
   
       3 . A network system according to  claim 1 , wherein the server further comprises storage means for storing information in relation to the mobile terminal, 
 the control means further executes authentication processing on the mobile terminal, on the basis of authentication data supplied by the first communication means from the mobile terminal and information stored in the storage means, and    when the control means stores the data of the page, the control means judges a storage location corresponding to the mobile terminal authenticated by the authentication processing based on the storage means, and stores the data of the page in the storage location.    
   
   
       4 . A network system according to  claim 1 , wherein the control means stores access information to the page in the storage location, together with the data of page acquired from the network, 
 the image forming apparatus further comprises operating means into which a user inputs instructions for operation,    the printing means prints data of the page stored in the storage location where print of data of a stored page is instructed by the operating means, and    the printing means prints the present page, accessing the present page in accordance with the access information stored in the storage location, the printing of the present page among the pages stored in the storage location being instructed by the operating means.    
   
   
       5 . A network system according to  claim 1 , wherein the control means optimizes the data of the page acquired by the network and storing the data in the storage location.  
   
   
       6 . A network system according to  claim 1 , wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises image processing means for optimizing the data of the page acquired from the network.  
   
   
       7 . A network system according to  claim 1 , further comprising storage means for storing user information, 
 wherein, when acquiring data from the storage location, user authentication is executed based on user information stored in the storage means and information input by the user.