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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kouya Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present embodiment notifies an analysis server of the start and end of a continuous scan scanning a plurality of documents relating to one another. The analysis server collectively analyzes the plurality of pieces of scanned data received between the start of the continuous scan and the end of the continuous scan in response to notification of the end of the continuous scan and transmits one or more storage destination candidates that are output as the results of the analysis to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus outputs the plurality of pieces of scanned data to a storage destination determined from among the one or more storage destination candidates.