Patent ID: 8593664

Claim:
An image processing system comprising: a first image processing apparatus; and a second image processing apparatus connected with the first image processing apparatus via a network, wherein said first image processing apparatus includes: an image reading unit to read an original image to obtain image data; a first transmission unit to transmit said image data to an external device; a first address book holding unit to hold a first address book in which a destination folder of at least one external device is registered; and a destination folder information transmission unit to transmit, upon registering a new destination folder in said first address book, information regarding the new destination folder registered in said first address book to said second image processing apparatus, and said second image processing apparatus includes: a second transmission unit to transmit said image data to an external device; a second address book holding unit to hold a second address book in which a destination folder of at least one external device is registered; a new destination determination unit to determine, when the information regarding the new destination folder is received from said first image processing apparatus, if a destination folder, with respect to the received information, is already registered in said second address book held in said second image processing apparatus; and an address book updating unit to add a new destination folder to said second address book of said second image processing apparatus when said new destination determination unit determines that a destination folder, with respect to the received information, is not registered in the second address book.