Patent ID: 8599442
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus utilization system, comprising: computer implemented image processing apparatuses connected to a network; an apparatus search unit configured to search for the image processing apparatuses connected to the network; a capability information obtaining unit configured to obtain scanning capability information from the image processing apparatuses found by the apparatus search unit; a delivery setting receiving unit configured to receive a delivery setting for a first image processing apparatus; a first scenario generation unit configured to generate a scenario including the scanning capability information and the delivery setting for the first image processing apparatus; a second scenario generation unit configured to generate scenarios for a second image processing apparatuses based on the scenario for the first image processing apparatus; a scenario storing unit configured to store the scenarios generated by the first and second scenario generation units, wherein each of the image processing apparatuses is configured to obtain a scenario corresponding to the respective image processing apparatus from the scenario storing unit and to generate image data by scanning a document according to the scanning capability information in the obtained scenario; an image delivery unit configured to receive the scenario and the image data from one of the image processing apparatuses and to send the image data according to the delivery setting in the scenario; and a scenario generation selecting unit configured to request a user to determine whether to generate the scenarios for the second image processing apparatuses based on the scenario for the first image processing apparatus.