Patent ID: 9264460
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An image processing device capable of executing a job in cooperation with a server connected through a network, comprising: an external terminal connecting part for establishing connection that allows communication with an external terminal; a server connecting part for conducting a negotiation to execute the job in cooperation with said server and establishing connection that allows communication with said server in response to receipt from said external terminal of an access request to said server while connection with said external terminal is established; a transmission part for sending information that is received from said external terminal and addressed to said server after rewriting a source address of the information to an address of said image processing device while connection with said server is established; a screen image control part for outputting screen image information to said external terminal in response to receipt of the screen image information from said server while connection is established with said server; a job execution control part for starting execution of the job in cooperation with said server in accordance with a control command based on said negotiation after receiving the control command from said server while connection is established with said server; a setting changing part for changing communication settings on said external terminal to communicate via said image processing device once connection with said external terminal is established by said external terminal connecting part; and a storage part for storing therein an address to access said server, wherein said server connecting part establishes connection with said server when the address contained in the access request received from said external terminal matches the address of said server stored in said storage part.