Patent ID: 7155522

Claim:
A scanner apparatus configured to scan image data, comprising: an interface configured to be connected to a terminal apparatus via a network; and a controller comprising: a search packet receiver configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, a search packet, the search packet being utilized to search for a scanner apparatus to be connected to the terminal apparatus, the search packet including identification information, the identification information identifying the terminal apparatus; a determiner configured to determine whether the identification information of the search racket matches identification information of the scanner apparatus; a response transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, a response to the search packet when it is determined that the identification information of the search packet matches the identification information of the scanner apparatus; a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, terminal information, the terminal information including an IP address of the terminal apparatus, after the response to the search packet is transmitted to the terminal apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, the scanned image data, based on the IP address of the terminal apparatus included in the received terminal information.