Patent ID: 11907597
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An operation device, the operation device including an application providing a scanning and uploading function, the operation device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
display a QR code screen to read QR code using a camera;
obtain, by reading from a QR code taken by the camera, address information for communicating with one electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices to execute a scanning process;
display a first screen to receive a selection of one storage area from one or more storage areas of an information storing apparatus;
receive the selection of the one storage area from the one or more storage areas via the first screen;
after receiving a start instruction, send, to the one electronic device specified by the QR code, a request to cause the one electronic device to execute the scanning, process;
receive scan data sent from the one electronic device, wherein the scan data is generated by the one electronic device based on the request; and
upload the scan data received from the one electronic device to the information storing apparatus without receiving further instruction from the user after receiving the start instruction, so that the scan data generated by the one electronic device is stored in the one storage area.