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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoki Watariuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus that has a scan function. The image forming apparatus comprises a restriction converter for converting, in a case in which a file upload and a file restriction are designated in a web content received from a web server, the file restriction into a scan function restriction, a scan cooperation unit for calling, in accordance with a file input instruction made by a user for the designation of the file upload, the scan function with the restriction converted by the restriction conversion unit, and a transmitter for transmitting a file generated by the scan function called by the scan cooperation unit to the web server.