Patent ID: 7978359
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A control device which is connected to and able to communicate with plural image processing devices executing functions regarding image processing, comprising: information receiving means for receiving, from a first image processing device among said plural image processing devices, selected function information including information which indicates that the first image processing device has been instructed to execute a function that the first image processing device is unable to execute and which also indicates a type of the function to be executed; processing device specifying means for specifying, among said plural image processing devices, an image processing device which is able to execute the function that the first image processing device is unable to execute; UI control means for sending, to the first image processing device, data of a setting screen which prompts a user to input setting information for executing the function that the first image processing device is unable to execute; and device control means for receiving the setting information from the first image processing device, and sending, to the image processing device specified by the processing device specifying means, the setting information and a control instruction which instructs to execute the function indicated by the selected function information.