Patent ID: 8223370

Claim:
An information processing system comprising an image forming apparatus that comprises a function of transmitting image data, and an information processing apparatus that instructs the image forming apparatus to transmit the image data, both of which are connected through a network, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises: a transmission history storing portion that stores, for each transmission job, a transmission history that includes image data which the information processing apparatus instructs the image forming apparatus to transmit; a history data creating portion that creates a thumbnail image by converting the image data of the stored transmission history into a thumbnail; and a display data control portion that causes the thumbnail image created by the history data creating portion to be displayed; wherein, in the case where the display data control portion causes the thumbnail image created by the history data creating portion to be displayed, the display data control portion causes, when a first piece of the image data that corresponds to the thumbnail image is a cover letter, only thumbnail images of a second piece and following pieces of image data to be displayed.