Patent ID: 8810837

Claim:
A scanning system comprising a scan server, scanner device, and terminal which are connected to a network, the scanner device including: a first instruction unit configured to transfer a scan processing setting and a start instruction to the scan server; an execution unit configured to receive a scan processing setting and a start instruction from the scan server and to execute scan processing; and a memory unit configured to store identification information that is issued by the scan server and to indicate the scan processing setting, the terminal including a second instruction unit configured to transfer a scan processing setting and a start instruction to the scan server, and the scan server including: a reception unit configured to receive the scan processing setting and the start instruction from one of the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit; a storage unit configured to store the scan processing setting received by the reception unit and to issue the identification information; a determination unit configured to determine which of the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit has transferred the scan processing setting and start instruction received by the reception unit; and a processing unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the first instruction unit has transferred the scan processing setting and the start instruction, to transfer the scan processing setting and the start instruction to the scanner device, and when the determination unit determines that the second instruction unit has transferred the scan processing setting and the start instruction, to cause the storage unit to store the scan processing setting and to transfer, to the scanner device, identification information indicating the stored scan processing setting.