Patent ID: 7382491
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanner relay apparatus for relaying communication between a scanner apparatus and a plurality of terminals, the scanner apparatus sending out operation identification information associated with each of predetermined plural sorts of operation inputs, reading image data from an original according to an image reading command received from outside in response to the operation identification information and sending out the image data, the scanner relay apparatus comprising: means for storing first association information about association between the respective operation identification information and destination information of the respective terminals; operation identification information receiving means for receiving the operation identification information from the scanner apparatus; terminal selection means for selecting a destination terminal that is the terminal to be defined as a communication destination, on the basis of the operation identification information received from the scanner apparatus and the first association information stored in the means for storing first association information; image reading command sending means for sending the image reading command to the scanner apparatus in response to reception of the operation identification information received from the scanner apparatus; and image data receiving and sending means for receiving the image data sent back from the scanner apparatus and sending the received image data to the destination terminal.