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

Claim 0:
1. A scanning apparatus comprising:
a scanner that scans a document to generate image data;
a controller,
wherein the controller receives an input of authentication information to be used for a log-in to a chat service,
wherein the controller obtains, 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,
wherein the controller receives, from a user, selection of a channel from a plurality of channels of the chat service; and
a communicator that transmits 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 communicator 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.