Patent ID: 8639063

Claim:
An information processing system comprising an information processing terminal and an image forming apparatus that are connected so as to permit data to be transmitted and received therebetween, said information processing terminal including: a display controller that causes an icon to be displayed on a display device; an input unit that accepts operation of said icon by a user at the information processing terminal for the user to assign a file name for an image file to be obtained by the image forming apparatus; an obtaining unit that obtains, in association with said icon, storage location information by which to identify a storage destination in the information processing terminal for storing said image file to be obtained by said image forming apparatus, and the file name for the image file; and a transmission unit that transmits to said image forming apparatus information that includes said file name for the image file and said storage location information associated with said icon; and said image forming apparatus including: a scan unit that scans an image of an original document to obtain an image file; a display controller that causes a selection key to be displayed on a display device for accepting an instruction about scanning an image of an original document by said scan unit, corresponding to said information transmitted from said information processing terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits to the information processing terminal the image file obtained by said scan unit corresponding to selection of the selection key, wherein said information processing terminal stores the image file transmitted from the image forming apparatus in said storage destination identified by said storage location information associated with said icon with said file name.