Patent ID: 8472052

Claim:
An image reader connected with an external terminal through a network, comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image; a reception section configured to receive terminal information from the external terminal, the terminal information including application program information and data format information, the application program information relating to an application program available in the external terminal, the data format information relating to a data format that can be processed by the application program; a data conversion section configured to convert image data read by the reading unit into said data format based on the terminal information; a transmission data generation section configured to generate transmission data, by adding additional information to the converted image data, the additional information including the application program information, the data format information, and creation instruction information for newly creating a folder where the converted image data is to be stored in the external terminal; and a transmission section configured to transmit the transmission data to the external terminal; wherein the transmission data generation section includes a generation section configured to generate request data requesting the terminal information from the external terminal.