Patent ID: 8411330

Claim:
An image processing system in which an image supplying apparatus is connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, and at least one image processing apparatus among the plurality of image processing apparatuses executes processing requested by a user for image data supplied from the image supplying apparatus, the image supplying apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, when image data to be processed by any one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses includes confidential data, a security condition based on a type of the processing requested by the user; a search unit configured to search the plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to the network for an image processing apparatus which is capable of executing the processing requested by the user and satisfies the security condition determined by the determination unit; a display unit configured to display the image processing apparatus from the result of the search by the search unit so as to allow the user to select the image processing apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the image processing apparatus which is displayed on the display unit and is selected by the user.