Patent ID: 9420125
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus connected by a network to an image reading apparatus which reads image data, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the image reading apparatus from the image reading apparatus via the network; a detection unit configured to determine, based on the state of the image reading apparatus acquired from the image reading apparatus by the acquisition unit, whether or not a pre-stored image reading setting is currently applied to the image reading apparatus, wherein the pre-stored image reading setting indicates a shared folder of the information processing apparatus as a transmission destination; and a control unit configured to automatically change a sharing condition of the shared folder of the information processing apparatus to an open state when the detection unit determines that the pre-stored image reading setting is currently applied to the image reading apparatus, and configured to automatically change the sharing condition of the shared folder of the information processing apparatus to a private state when the detection unit determines that the pre-stored image reading setting is not currently applied to the image reading apparatus, wherein, when the control unit determines that the state of the image reading apparatus is in the middle of an image reading setting or in the middle of image reading, the sharing condition of the shared folder of the information processing apparatus remains in the open state.