Patent ID: 8634098

Claim:
A reading apparatus comprising: a notification unit which notifies a reading control apparatus connected with the reading apparatus of a reading request which is instructed by a user of the reading apparatus and a selected reading parameter which is selected by the user on the reading apparatus except for a non-selected reading parameter which is not selected by the user on the reading apparatus as an ability of the reading apparatus; a receiving unit which receives a reading start request with the selected reading parameter notified by the notification unit as a response to the reading request notified by the notification unit; and a reading unit which reads an image of a document based on the selected reading parameter received by the receiving unit in accordance with the reading start request received by the receiving unit, wherein the notification unit notifies, after the reading unit completes reading by the selected reading parameter received by the receiving unit, the reading control apparatus of the selected reading parameter and the non-selected reading parameter as the ability of the reading apparatus.