Patent ID: 8892655

Claim:
A network scanner comprising a memory, wherein the network scanner is configured to transmit image data to one or a plurality of terminal(s) which is(are) connected with a network, and the image data is obtained by reading from a document and then storing the image data in said memory, and said network scanner further comprises: a transmission part specifying section that specifies a part of the image data to be transmitted to said terminal(s); a transmission section that transmits the part of the image data specified by the transmission part specifying section to said terminals; and a terminal request processing section that receives a request from said terminal(s), which has(have) received the part of the image data specified by the transmission part specifying section, and (i) determines whether or not the request indicates deletion, and upon determining that the request indicates deletion, causes the deletion of the image data from the memory, and (ii) determines whether or not the request indicates transmission, and upon determining that the request indicates transmission, causes said transmission section to transmit (a) a remaining part of the image data or (b) a whole of the image data to said terminal(s), wherein an entire image data of a whole document is not transmitted to said terminal(s) as a pre-scanned image data; wherein the image data is sent to said terminal(s) for the first time after the part of the read image data to be transmitted is specified; and wherein the network scanner transmits to said terminal(s), along with the part of the read image data as specified, a query about a remaining unspecified part of the read image data.