Patent ID: 8484261

Claim:
An image input apparatus that transfers image data to an external apparatus, comprising: an image input unit configured to input image data; a display unit configured to display a transfer screen, wherein, when said display unit displays the transfer screen, a plurality of proposed transfer destinations of the image data are displayed on the transfer screen, and wherein the plurality of proposed transfer destinations of the image data displayed on the transfer screen are at least a portion of a hierarchical directory structure in the external apparatus; an assignment unit configured to assign a transfer destination of the image data from among the plurality of proposed transfer destinations of the image data on the transfer screen displayed on said display unit, wherein said assignment unit controls the image input apparatus to change the portion of the hierarchical directory structure in the external apparatus to be displayed on the transfer screen; an instruction unit configured to instruct transfer of the image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the transfer destination of the image data assigned by said assignment unit, when said instruction unit instructs to transfer the image data.