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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Hirochika Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirochika Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of being connected to an external apparatus through a network performs setting of processing to be executed in the image forming apparatus, receives from the external apparatus a web page for setting processing to be executed in the external apparatus, and displays the web page. Subsequently, the image forming apparatus transmits to the external apparatus an input value input by a user through the displayed web page, and receives an identifier associated with the input value from the external apparatus. The image forming apparatus transmits to the external apparatus the identifier and data to be executed in the processing in the external apparatus, and forms an image of data processed by the external apparatus according to the input value and processed by the image forming apparatus according to the setting.