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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Masaru Saruwatari, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an operator sets an original on a reading unit of an image reading apparatus, and requests to read the original and assigns a communication partner on a LAN (local area network) through an operation unit, this information is transmitted to an information processing terminal connected via an interface. The information processing terminal determines if information which coincides with identification information of the assigned communication partner is present. If the result of the determination is affirmative, the information processing terminal instructs the image reading apparatus to start a reading operation. If the result of the determination is negative, the information processing terminal prohibits a reading operation. When a reading operation has been prohibited, the image reading apparatus displays the fact on the operation unit.