Patent ID: 8717586

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image on an original to generate image data based on the read image; a performing unit configured to perform processing according to a process definition file defining reading processing to be performed by said reading unit and transmission processing for the image data generated from the reading processing; a selection unit configured to select a first process definition file and a second process definition file; a creation unit configured to create a third process definition file based on the first process definition file and the second process definition file selected by the selection unit, the creation unit configured to create the third process definition file by determining an order in which the first process definition file and the second process definition file are to be processed, and determining a content of the first process definition file and the second process definition file to perform: reading processing to be performed by the reading unit, image processing on image data generated by the reading unit, image storage processing in which image data is stored after image processing, image connection processing in which a plurality of pieces of image data stored in accordance with the image storage processing are connected together into one document, and post-processing on image data connected together in accordance with the image connection processing; and a control unit configured to cause said performing unit to perform processing according to the third process definition file including: performing first reading processing defined according to the first process definition file and second reading processing defined according to the second process definition file, then to combine a plurality of image data generated from the first and second reading processings into one document, and to perform transmitting processing defined according to the first process definition file and the second process definition file on the combined image data, the second process definition file defining the second reading processing differently than the first reading processing according to the first process definition file and defining the transmitting processing according to the second process definition file the same as the transmitting processing according to the first process definition file.