Patent ID: 9549096
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing system comprising: an application server connected to the Internet; an image processing apparatus connected to a local network, wherein the local network is connected to the Internet via a firewall; a relay server that relays communication between the image processing apparatus and the application server, wherein the relay server is connected to the local network; and a connection mediation server that transmits, to the relay server, a request for a connection to the application server, wherein the connection mediation server is connected to the Internet, wherein the connection mediation server comprises a connection request transmitting unit that transmits a connection request to the relay server in response to receiving a communication start request from the application server, and the communication start request designates the image processing apparatus to establish communication between the image processing apparatus and the application server, the relay server comprises: