Patent ID: 8184312

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising: an information processing apparatus; and an image processing apparatus having a plurality of internal functions, wherein said information processing apparatus includes a first log-in unit accepting a log-in operation of a user to obtain first log-in information, and an application information obtaining unit obtaining application information that is information related to an active application, and wherein said image processing apparatus includes a second log-in unit accepting a log-in operation of the user to obtain second log-in information, a function selecting unit selecting, according to user instructions, a first function to be used from said plurality of internal functions, a searching unit searching for said information processing apparatus logged in with said first log-in information identical to said second log-in information, an application identifying unit obtaining said application information from said information processing apparatus and identifying an application related to said user selected first function based on said obtained application information, an interaction processing key generating unit generating an interaction processing key which shows a second function combining said identified application and said user selected first function, a presenting unit presenting said generated interaction processing key, an operation accepting unit accepting an operation of said interaction processing key presented by said presenting unit, and a transmission unit transmitting, when said operation of said interaction processing key is accepted, a request for processing with said application related to said accepted interaction processing key to said information processing apparatus.