Patent ID: 9185242
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an image reading apparatus which reads a document; a specifying unit configured to specify a format of a file to be generated from the document read by the image reading apparatus; an operation unit configured to receive a reading-starting operation from a user; a first reception unit configured to receive a transmission request for a reading instruction transmitted from the image reading apparatus; a first transmission unit configured to transmit a reading instruction for instructing the image reading apparatus to read the document based on the reading-starting operation received from the user by the operation unit or the transmission request received by the first reception unit; a second reception unit configured to receive image data of the document read by the image reading apparatus based on the reading instruction transmitted by the first transmission unit; and a second transmission unit configured to, when the format specified by the specifying unit is a format of a single-page file, transmit to the image reading apparatus a reading-ending instruction according to the second reception unit receiving image data of one page, if the reading instruction is transmitted based on the reading-starting operation received by the operation unit, and to transmit to the image reading apparatus an instruction for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming whether to read a next document, according to the second reception unit receiving image data of one page, if the reading instruction is transmitted based on the transmission request received by the first reception unit.