Patent ID: 7167258
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a generating unit that generates transfer information describing a combination of a plurality of devices on the basis of device information corresponding to each of the plurality of devices, the transfer information including information that indicates each of the plurality of devices is a predetermined device type which passively executes data communication with an external device in accordance with an instruction from the external device which can actively start data communication; an operation unit that accepts a selection of a desired transfer information from the generated transfer information by a user; a reception unit that, in a case where a first device represented by the selected transfer information is the predetermined device type, actively starts data communication with the first device to receive image data from the first device; and a transmission unit that, in a case where a second device represented by the selected transfer information is the predetermined device type, actively starts data communication with the second device to transmit the received image data to the second device.