Patent ID: 9204004
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A server device, comprising: a first communication interface unit to connect to a mobile user terminal device; a second communication interface unit to connect to scanners; a storage unit to store scanner drivers; and a control unit to control the first communication interface unit to transfer a scanner list, which is a list of the scanners corresponding to the scanner drivers stored in the storage unit, to the mobile user terminal device, wherein the control unit determines if a scanner of the scanners is selected at the mobile user terminal device, then the control unit executes a scanner driver of the scanner drivers corresponding to the selected scanner to perform a scan job, wherein the control unit assigns priorities to the scanners in the scanner list according to whether or not documents are placed on each of the scanners, and generates the scanner list comprising the priorities, and wherein a first priority, which is assigned to a first scanner of the scanners having a document on the first scanner, is a higher priority than a second priority, which is assigned to a second scanner of the scanners which does not have the document or another document placed on the second scanner.