Patent ID: 8077335

Claim:
A system for image processing, the system comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a mobile terminal apparatus for communication with the image forming apparatus, wherein the mobile terminal apparatus comprises: at least one processor programmed to control: a first display unit; a first display control unit configured to control the first display unit to display a data icon corresponding to image data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus; a first detection unit configured to detect a user's selection of the data icon displayed on the first display unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data corresponding to the selected data icon to the image forming apparatus in response to the user's selection detected by the first detection unit, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: at least one processor programmed to control: a second display unit; a second display control unit configured to control the second display unit to display a function icon corresponding to an image processing to be applied to the image data transmitted by the transmission unit; a second detection unit configured to detect a user's selection of the function icon displayed on the second display unit; a determination unit configured to determine, in response to the user's selection detected by the second detection unit, whether the user selects the data icon displayed on the first display unit before the selection of the function icon; and a processing control unit configured to perform the image processing corresponding to the selected function icon on the image data transmitted by the transmission unit, if the determination unit determines that the user selects the data icon before the function icon, and to terminate processing without performing the image processing, if the determination unit does not determine that the user selects the data icon before the function icon.