Patent ID: 11902482
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A scanning system comprising a server and a scanner,
wherein the server comprises a first memory that stores destination information corresponding to a destination to which scan data is to be transmitted, a first communication interface, and a first controller,
wherein the first controller is configured to perform:
receiving an instruction to add or delete the destination information to or from a terminal,
updating the destination information stored in the first memory in accordance with the instruction as received, and
transmitting the updated destination information to the scanner via the first communication interface,

wherein the scanner comprises a second communication interface, a second memory, a second controller, and a user interface having an operation key, and
wherein the second controller is configured to perform:
receiving the updated destination information from the server;
storing the updated destination information in the second memory;
receiving a user operation through the operation key;
determining whether one or more pieces of destination information are stored in the second memory;
disabling the operation key in the user interface when determining that the one or more pieces of destination information are not stored in the second memory in the determining;
enabling the operation key in the user interface when determining that the one or more pieces of destination information are stored in the second memory in the determining;

wherein, when the enabled operation key is operated in a state where the operation key is enabled, the second controller is configured to perform:
displaying, as candidate destinations, a list of one or more destinations corresponding to the one or more pieces of destination information, respectively;
receiving a designating operation to designate a destination from among the displayed one or more destinations through the user interface; and
transmitting the generated scan data to a destination indicated by the destination information when the enabled operation key is operated; and
in a state where the operation key is disabled, not receiving the user operation through the disabled operation key.