Patent ID: 7383328

Claim:
A terminal apparatus configured to receive image data from a scanner, the terminal apparatus comprising: an interface configured to be connected to the scanner via a network; a memory configured to store information indicating a plurality of file types and an application program associated with each of the plurality of the file types, each application program being configured to open a document file associated with at least one of the plurality of the file types; and a controller configured to: receive, from the scanner, a control file including a file name; receive, from the scanner, the document file, the document file including image data scanned by the scanner; analyze the file name included in the received control file to obtain the file type of the received document file; determine whether the application program associated with the obtained file type is stored in the memory; search the memory to determine the application program associated with the obtained file type from the application programs stored in the memory; start the application program associated with the obtained file type, when it is determined that the application program associated with the obtained file type is stored in the memory; and open the received document file without user input, based upon the application program determined in the search.