Patent ID: 8643883

Claim:
An image reading system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and an image reading apparatus capable of executing a specific scan mode are connected, the image reading apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects an information processing apparatus to which image data read from an original is to be transmitted; a transmission unit that transmits identification information for identifying the image reading apparatus stored in advance in a memory and an instruction to construct an environment for performing the specific scan mode to the information processing apparatus selected by the selection unit; a receiving unit that receives a response to the instruction transmitted by the transmission unit; and a display control unit that, when the response is received by the receiving unit, displays a setting screen in which settings regarding the environment for performing the specific scan mode can be changed on a display, and each information processing apparatus comprising: a construction unit that, when the identification information and the instruction to construct the environment for performing the specific scan mode are received, constructs a scan environment dedicated to the image reading apparatus or a general scan environment usable in a plurality of image reading apparatuses as the environment for performing the specific scan mode used in the image reading apparatus; and a notification unit that notifies the image reading apparatus of a result of construction of the environment by the construction unit.