Patent ID: 8902461

Claim:
A communication control apparatus connected to an NGN (Next Generation Network), comprising: an interface that is connected to an MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral) and a portable terminal via a network; a control unit that generates a scanning designation screen for inputting a scanning condition in response to an original document scanning request from the portable terminal, provides a request for starting scanning in the scanning condition input in the portable terminal to the MFP, acquires image data read by scanning an original document in the MFP, converts the acquired image data into a thumbnail image so as to generate a preview screen that comprises a plurality of thumbnail images including the thumbnail image, generates a transmission destination information screen for designating a transmission destination from transmission destination address information stored in a storage unit, and creates an information selection screen having the preview screen and the transmission destination information screen rendered in a single screen; a transmission and reception unit that transmits an information selection screen to the portable terminal; and a call control unit that transmits the image data corresponding to a selected thumbnail image selected from the preview screen of the information selection screen to the designated transmission destination selected from the transmission designation information screen of the information selection screen via the NGN on the basis of a transmission instruction from the portable terminal.