Patent ID: 8570578

Claim:
An image processing apparatus capable of performing at least one of scanning, printing, copying, and facsimile transmission/reception, the apparatus comprising: a communication portion which communicates with an external device; an interface portion which serves as an interface with a user; a job execution portion which executes at least one of a scan job, a print job, a copy job, and a facsimile transmission/reception job in accordance with an operation accepted by said interface portion; a browsing portion which communicates with a Web server via said communication portion in accordance with an operation accepted by said interface portion; a monitoring portion which monitors a communication between said browsing portion and said Web server to acquire communication partner information for specifying said Web server and communication identification information for identifying the communication between said browsing portion and said Web server; a data acquiring portion which, in response to an event that said monitoring portion detects an upload command for transmitting an image output from said job execution portion to said Web server, acquires on the basis of said upload command the image to be transmitted; an image transmitting portion which, on behalf of said browsing portion, transmits said acquired image to said Web server on the basis of said acquired communication partner information and said acquired communication identification information; and a dummy signal output portion which, on behalf of said Web server, outputs a completion signal indicating the completion of the uploading as a dummy signal to said browsing portion before said image transmitting portion finishes the transmission of said image.