Patent ID: 8482783

Claim:
A network scanning system comprising: an image scanning device; a connection device which includes a display unit and connects with the image scanning device; and a control apparatus which is connected to the connection device via a network and includes a scanning application for controlling the image scanning device remotely via the network, wherein the scanning application in the control apparatus receives a command from the connection device and in response to receiving the command, automatically transmits, to the display unit of the connection device via the network without a user operation of the scanning application in the control apparatus, a selection screen information including items, each of which represent a kind of processing for an image of a document to be scanned by the image scanning device connected to the connection device, wherein the connection device displays, on the display unit, a selection menu based on the selection screen information received from the scanning application in the control apparatus via the network, and the connection device transmits, to the scanning application in the control apparatus via the network, a selection item information specifying an item, selected by an operation of a user of the display unit, among the items in the selection menu displayed on the display unit, and wherein the scanning application in the control apparatus, in response to receiving the selection item information from the connection device, automatically transmits, to the connection device without a user operation of the scanning application in the control apparatus, a control signal based on the selection item information received from the connection device via the network, and the scanning application in the control apparatus automatically controls the image scanning device remotely in accordance with the control signal via the network.