An image forming apparatus is provided with USB sockets on front and back sides, and includes a determining unit for determining whether or not a USB device inserted to a front side USB socket is a function enhancement device, and a control unit making, when it is determined by the determining unit that a function enhancement device is inserted to the front side USB socket, the USB device unusable and making, when it is determined that a USB device other than the function enhancement device is inserted, the USB device usable. Thus, it is possible to prevent a USB wireless LAN adapter or the like from being used constantly connected to the front side USB socket and thereby to reduce possibility of USB wireless LAN adapter of being damaged or removed.

A method of sharing content performed by a device includes: receiving a capture image of a screen of another device and reproduction information for reproducing content corresponding to an object displayed on the capture image from the other device; displaying the capture image; and reproducing the content corresponding to the object by using the reproduction information in response to a user input with respect to a region that displays the object in the capture image.

The image processing apparatus adds a first image that includes a predetermined image feature, to a read image of the document based on a detection result in the detecting, and transmits a second image of the predetermined image size specified in the read instruction, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document included in the second image transmitted in the transmitting. The image processing apparatus adds the first image such that in the second image the first image is provided on the outside of the read image of the document, based on at least one of a width and a height of the document detected in the detection. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document based on the predetermined image feature.

Cloud-based document management systems are disclosed that provide a direct link between a scanner and cloud storage. In embodiments, a document management system provides a web scanning application that is executable in a web browser. The application can initiate a scan from a scanner in communication with the web browser that is transmitted directly to a remote cloud storage location and indexed by the document management system without requiring storing a copy of the document local to the web browser. Other embodiments allow printing from the web browser directly to the document management system and remote cloud storage. In another aspect, a receipt printer buffer is provided that can provide electronic receipts that may be directly uploaded to the cloud-based document management system.

Provided is an image forming system for pull printing that does not require a server and does not require input of keys or the like at the time of output. A division part divides pull print document data into a plurality of blocks including a critical block that includes information required for printing and transfer blocks that include other information. A storing and transmitting part transmits the transfer blocks of the blocks to at least two of preserving apparatuses. A critical block acquisition part acquires the critical block. A transfer block acquisition part acquires each of the transfer blocks of the document data corresponding to the critical block from any of the preserving apparatuses. A document reproduction part collectively reproduces the critical block and each of the transfer blocks into the document data.

Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage to process claims and pre-claim consultations associated with an insured item, such as a vehicle. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a user device (e.g., a mobile device). The mobile device may receive feedback from the server regarding the acceptability of submitted photos/video, and if the server determines that any of the submitted photos/video is unacceptable, the mobile device may capture additional photos/video until all of the data are deemed acceptable. In addition, the server may interface with third party entities such as repair shops and may generate a payment for compensating a claimant for repair of the insured item.

An image processing apparatus includes an scanner, a print engine, and a controller configured to control the scanner to scan images of one or more document sheets, thereby generating scanned image data, generate print data based on the scanned image data, control the print engine to print, on sheets, the images based on the print data, generate first log image data through reducing a data size of image data associated with the scanned image data, determine whether the first log image data includes a particular type of page, and when determining that the first log image data includes the particular type of page, generate second log image data having higher image quality than the first log image data.

An information processing apparatus includes an execution unit that executes a first job and a second job in response to reception of the first job and the second job, and a control unit that controls state of the first job and the second job, in which in a case where the first job includes transferring first data as a processing target to an external apparatus and receiving second data as a processing result from the external apparatus, the control unit sets the first job to a stoppage state in response to completion of the transfer of the first data and sets the second job which uses a transfer protocol used in the first job to an execution available state.

In an image processing system, a multifunction printer carries out image reading or printing in accordance with processing execution condition information stored in a storage apparatus of a host PC. A storage apparatus of a client PC stores processing execution condition information. In a case where the client PC is connected to the host PC via the network, a control apparatus transmits the processing execution condition information stored in the storage apparatus to the host PC. The host PC stores the received processing execution condition information in the storage apparatus.

The image processing apparatus adds a first image that includes a predetermined image feature, to a read image of the document based on a detection result in the detecting, and transmits a second image of the predetermined image size specified in the read instruction, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document included in the second image transmitted in the transmitting. The image processing apparatus adds the first image such that in the second image the first image is provided on the outside of the read image of the document, based on at least one of a width and a height of the document detected in the detection. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document based on the predetermined image feature.