Patent ID: 11930150
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A scanning system comprising:
an information processing apparatus;
an image forming apparatus configured to generate image data by scanning a document;
an authorization server configured to issue an access token to access a cloud server; and
a cloud server configured to provide a cloud service,
wherein the information processing apparatus includes a processor that causes the information processing apparatus to function as:
a first transmission unit configured to transmit authentication information for access to the cloud server and an address of the cloud server to the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the image forming apparatus includes a processor that causes the image forming apparatus to function as:
a reception unit configured to receive the authentication information and the address of the cloud server transmitted from the first transmission unit;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the authorization server, the access token to access to the cloud server indicated by the authentication information and the address received by the reception unit; and
a second transmission unit configured to transmit the access token acquired by the acquisition unit and the image data to the cloud server.