Patent ID: 8970869
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of uploading a file to a web server from an image forming apparatus having a printing unit and a scanning unit, the method comprising: scanning a document using the scanning unit to generate a scanned document file; storing the scanned document file in a predetermined location of a file system of the image forming apparatus; receiving a web page from the web server using a web browser included in the image forming apparatus, wherein the received web page has a script object to upload a file to the web server; displaying the received web page using the web browser; and displaying a user interface to select a file to be uploaded from a list of one or more files including the scanned document file, wherein the predetermined location includes a predetermined directory of the file system, and if the script object to upload a file is selected by a user, the user interface showing the list of one or more files stored in the predetermined location of the file system of the image forming apparatus along with job types associated with each of the one or more files.