Patent ID: 8848908

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: at least one processor coupled via a bus to a memory, the processor being programmed to control: a display unit configured to display an operation screen based on a Web page received from a Web server via a network; an input unit configured to input data via the operation screen displayed by the display unit from a user; a communication unit configured to transmit the inputted data to the Web server, and to receive a processing request generated based on the inputted data from the Web server; an image processing unit configured to convert image data into an encryption file; and a control unit configured to extract secret information which is included in the inputted data and to store the secret information in a storage unit, wherein the communication unit transmits the inputted data, from which the secret information is extracted, to the Web server and wherein the control unit is configured to control the image processing unit to convert the image data into the encryption file based on the processing request received from the Web server, to set, to the encryption file, the secret information in the storage unit which is extracted from the inputted data, and to transmit the encryption file to which the secret information has been set to an external device.