Patent ID: 8521683

Claim:
An image input apparatus for inputting image data connected via a network to one or more information processing apparatuses and capable of registering multiple service entries at once according to a registration request sent from any one of the information processing apparatuses, the image input apparatus comprising: a service entry storage space configured to store the service entries, each of the service entries including a display name and destination information for the image data to be sent; and a processor configured to reserve service entry areas in the service entry storage space, register the service entries in the reserved service entry areas if the reserved service entry areas have available area to store the service entries, and register the service entries in non-reservation areas of the service entry storage space if the reserved service entry areas do not have available area to store the service entries, wherein a maximum number of reservable service entry areas is set for each of the information processing apparatuses or for the image input apparatus, reserved service entry areas are assigned to the respective service entries in response to the maximum number of reservable service entry areas being set for the image input apparatus, and service entries of an information processing apparatus are deleted when the information processing apparatus fails to send an extension request within a predetermined period of time.