Image processing system, operation method thereof, image processing apparatus and image processing program

[0095]Here is a User A (User No.: 00002) who usually prints document data in the PDF format about at 15:00, and this user opens and displays a PDF document on the display 141 of the portable terminal 1 to print the document, about at 15:00 as usual.

[0096]And while the document is displayed on the display, the user enables communication with the MFP 2 by activating an application to communicate with the MFP 2, and transmits to the MFP 2 login information including user information and display information including document data.

[0097]Receiving the login information and the display information, the MFP 2 recognizes that the document data is currently displayed on the display. And the MFP 2 searches this user's operation logs like shown in FIG. 4, for an operation performed on the file (document data) in the same format at the same time in the past, then selects an appropriate operation from the table shown in FIG. 5, based on the display information. However, it does not necessarily have

[0100]When the User A would like to transmit image data read out from a document by the scanner 24 of the MFP 2, to an e-mail address recorded in the portable terminal 1, the user activates an e-mail application (so-called “mailer”) to display an e-mail setting screen on the display 141 of the portable terminal 1, and specifies a preferable e-mail address via the screen.

[0101]And while the screen is displayed on the display, the user enables communication with the MFP 2 by activating an application to communicate with the MFP 2, and transmits to the MFP 2 display information including the e-mail address.

[0102]Receiving the display information, the MFP 2 selects an appropriate operation from the table shown in FIG. 5, based on the display information, and displays a scan and e-mail setting screen on the display 271 of the operation panel 27.

[0103]When the User A would like to display a Web page in a large screen on the display 271 of the MFP 2, the user activates a browser on the portable terminal 1 to display a bookmark of a target Web page, on the display 141.

[0104]And while the bookmark is displayed on the display, the user enables communication with the MFP 2 by activating an application to communicate with the MFP 2, and transmits to the MFP 2 display information including the target Web page's address specified by the bookmark.

[0105]Receiving the display information, the MFP 2 selects an appropriate operation from the table shown in FIG. 5, based on the display information. And the MFP 2 activates a browser to access the Web page's address included in the display information, and then displays the Web page obtained thereby, in a browser screen on the display 271, as shown in FIG. 7.