Patent ID: 7925997
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for inputting and processing an image transmitted from an external device, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the external device, indication information for indicating the external device; a storage unit configured to store display information for displaying an operation screen for receiving a setting for processing the image transmitted from the external device; a display unit configured to display the operation screen; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device indicated by indication information acquired by the acquisition unit in the past; and a control unit, configured to (a) receive, in a case where the determining unit determines that the information processing apparatus has not communicated with the external device in the past, model information representing a type of the external device indicated by indication information acquired by the acquisition unit from the external device and (b) control the display unit to display the operation screen based on the received model information and the display information stored in the storage unit, wherein the control unit controls, in a case where the determining unit determines that the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device in the past, the display unit to display an operation screen corresponding to the received indication information.