System and method for providing cloud printing service

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a scanner configured to scan a document;
• an operation panel configured to provide a user interface to set a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device by setting the phone number of the mobile device as a destination of the scanned document;
• and
• a controller configured to transmit, to at least one server, the scanned document and information indicating the set correspondence,
• the information indicating the set correspondence being transmitted by the controller to cause the at least one server to transmit the scanned document to an image forming apparatus which corresponds to the phone number of the mobile device in the set correspondence.

At least one server, comprising:

• at least one memory to store information indicating correspondences of image forming apparatuses to phone numbers of mobile devices;
• at least one controller configured to:
• receive, from a first image forming apparatus, a scanned document and information indicating a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device as the destination of the scanned document, and
• transmit the scanned document to a second image forming apparatus indicated by the stored information indicating correspondences as corresponding to the phone number in the received information indicating the correspondence.

A method for an apparatus including a network interface, a scanner, an operation panel, and a controller, the method, comprising:

• communicating, by the network interface, with at least one server which is configured to store information indicating correspondences of image forming apparatuses to phone numbers of mobile devices;
• scanning, by the scanner, a document;
• providing, by the operation panel, a user interface to set a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device by setting the phone number of the mobile device as a destination of the scanned document;
• and
• transmitting, by the controller, to the at least one server through the network interface, the scanned document and information indicating the set correspondence,
• the information indicating the set correspondence being transmitted by the controller to cause the at least one server to transmit the scanned document to an image forming apparatus indicated by the stored information indicating correspondences as corresponding to the phone number in the set correspondence.

A method for an apparatus including a scanner, an operation panel, and a controller, the method comprising:

• scanning, by the scanner, a document;
• providing, by the operation panel, a user interface to set a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device by setting the phone number of the mobile device as a destination of the scanned document;
• and
• transmitting, by the controller, to at least one server, the scanned document and information indicating the set correspondence,
• the information indicating the set correspondence being transmitted by the controller to cause the at least one server to transmit the scanned document to an image forming apparatus which corresponds to the phone number of the mobile device in the set correspondence.

A method comprising:

• performing by at least one server:
• storing in at least one memory information indicating correspondences of image forming apparatuses to phone numbers of mobile devices;
• receiving, from a first image forming apparatus, a scanned document and information indicating a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device as the destination of the scanned document, and
• transmitting the scanned document to a second image forming apparatus indicated by the stored information indicating correspondences as corresponding to the phone number in the received information indicating the correspondence.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions which when executed by an apparatus cause the apparatus to perform:

• communicating, by the network interface, with at least one server which is configured to store information indicating correspondences of image forming apparatuses to phone numbers of mobile devices;
• scanning, by the scanner, a document;
• providing, by the operation panel, a user interface to set a correspondence of the scanned document to a phone number of a mobile device by setting the phone number of the mobile device as a destination of the scanned document;
• and
• transmitting, by the controller, to the at least one server through the network interface, the scanned document and information indicating the set correspondence,
• the information indicating the set correspondence being transmitted by the controller to cause the at least one server to transmit the scanned document to an image forming apparatus indicated by the stored information indicating correspondences as corresponding to the phone number in the set correspondence.