Patent ID: 8477344

Claim:
A network system, comprising: an image processing apparatus; and at least one server configured to exchange data with said image processing apparatus over a network; wherein said at least one server stores first data containing plural pieces of link information, each link information correlates a file name of image data to a storage position of the image data; said image processing apparatus includes a display, an obtaining unit obtaining second data containing information for identifying said link information having no image data in a corresponding storage position among said plural pieces of link information contained in said first data, a display control unit making said display selectively display first link information having image data in a corresponding storage position and second link information having no image data in the corresponding storage position in different formats, based on said second data, a scanning unit scanning an image to generate image data, and a transmission unit transmitting, in accordance with a selection command from a user for selecting a piece among the displayed second link information, the generated image data to the corresponding storage position; and said at least one server includes a storage unit receiving said image data from said image processing apparatus and storing said image data in the corresponding storage position.