Patent ID: 7809804

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image reading unit configured to read an image from an original printed document; a determining unit that determines a track back destination address that is used in correspondence with the image read by the image reading unit; a data transmitting unit that transmits both image data indicative of the image read by the image reading unit, and address data indicative of the track back destination address determined by the determining unit via a network to a server that is equipped with a function for distributing an image received from a first information terminal over the network to a second information terminal over the network and a function for transmitting a track back notification corresponding to the track back destination address: an address list display unit that displays a list of track back destination addresses that constitute address candidates to be processed; and an address selecting unit that selects at least one address from the list of track back destination addresses displayed by the address list display unit based upon an input received from a user, wherein the determining unit determines the at least one address selected by the address selecting unit as the track back destination address that is used in correspondence with the image read by the image reading unit.