Patent ID: 8970901
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image input unit adapted to input image data; a communication unit adapted to transit the image data to at least one external system; an attribute information management unit adapted to manage attributes that are required by the external system when the communication unit transmits the image data to the at least one external system, wherein the attributes are comprised of pieces of attribute information related to attribute values of the image data; a workflow execution unit adapted to execute a workflow as a sequential processing in which a plurality of functions of the image processing apparatus are combined, said workflow execution unit further adapted to output image data; an attribute value setting unit adapted to set attribute values for the attributes required by the external system; and an external system interconnection unit adapted to cause the communication unit to transmit the image data output from said workflow execution unit to the external system and the attribute values set by said attribute value setting unit, wherein: said attribute value setting unit sets the attribute value when the image data output from said workflow execution unit is transmitted to the external system; the image processing apparatus causes the communication unit to transmit the image data to a plurality of external systems; said attribute information management unit manages attributes required by the plurality of external systems, respectively; and said attribute value setting unit sets, when the image data is transmitted to the plurality of external systems, necessary attributes except for duplicate attributes among all the attributes required by said plurality of external systems to which the image data is transmitted.