Patent ID: 11930151
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a scanning method, the scanning method comprising:
receiving an input of authentication information to be used for a log-in to a chat service;
obtaining, based on transmission of the input authentication information, token information corresponding to the input authentication information, wherein the token information is either user token information or bot token information;
receiving, from a user, selection of a channel from a plurality of channels of the chat service;
scanning a document to generate image data; and
transmitting the generated image data and information indicating the selected channel to a server relating to the chat service when the user token information is available, the communication transmits the generated image data and information indicating the selected channel to the server relating to the chat service using the bot token information when the user token information is unavailable,
wherein the image data is posted in the specified channel as a post of a user corresponding to the input token information.