Patent ID: 6848081

Claim:
An information process system according in which an image forming apparatus having display input means capable of displaying various operation buttons and effecting input is connected to a communication line and information is processed with a server connected to the communication line, wherein the server has formation means for forming operation button information which sets a function to be performed by the image forming apparatus and is to be displayed on the display input means, and information for verifying a right of use of an operation button represented by the operation button information and the image forming apparatus comprises: registration means for registering the operation button information which sets the function to be performed by the image forming apparatus and has been formed by the formation means, and the information for verifying the right of use of the operation button, which has been formed by the formation means; control means for executing a control to display the operation button on the display input means, on the basis of the operation button information which sets the function to be performed by the image forming apparatus and has been registered by the registration means; verification means for verifying the presence or absence of the right of use by using the information for verifying the right of use of the operation button, which has been registered by the registration means, when input has been effected through the operation button displayed on the display input means by the control means; and execution means for executing a desired function set by the operation button through which input has been effected, when the presence of the right of use has been verified by the verification means, wherein said server includes: first storage means for temporarily storing image information transferred from the image forming apparatus and transfer identification information; second storage means for storing transfer process information corresponding to the transfer identification information of the image information transferred to the first storage means; and process means for finding the transfer process information stored in the second storage means by using the transfer identification information stored in the first storage means, and processing transfer of the image information stored in the first storage means on the basis of the found transfer process information.