Image processing apparatus using path management and control method of the same

A control method of an image processing apparatus including a network interface, storage means for storing image data, display means for displaying an image, and path management means for storing paths, each path describing a physical address of image data stored in said storage means, so that the image data stored in said storage means can be read with use of the path without using a file name managed by a file system, the method comprising:

• a generation step of generating display data to be displayed on said display means, by using the image data stored in the storage means;
• a display step of displaying, on the display means, the image generated in the generation step as a user interface;
• an input step of inputting an image browsing request from a terminal via the network interface;
• and
• a transmission step of transmitting the image data stored in the storage means to the terminal, in response to the image browsing request input in the input step,
• wherein a same image is read out from said storage means using the physical address of the image data at the generation step and using the path describing the physical address of image data at the transmission step.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a control program of an image processing apparatus including a network interface, storage means for storing image data, display means for displaying an image, and path management means for storing paths, each path describing a physical address of image data stored in said storage means, so that the image data stored in said storage means can be read with use of the path without using a file name managed by a file system, wherein the control program causes the image processing apparatus to execute:

• a generation step of generating display data to be displayed on said display means, by using the image data stored in the storage means;
• a display step of displaying, on the display means, the image generated in the generation step as a user interface;
• an input step of inputting an image browsing request from a terminal via the network interface;
• and
• a transmission step of transmitting the image data stored in the storage means to the terminal, in response to the image browsing request input in the input step,
• wherein a same image is read out from said storage means using the physical address of the image data at the generation step and using the path describing the physical address of the image data at the transmission step.