Information processing apparatus, method and program

A control method for controlling an information processing apparatus for inputting and processing an image transmitted from an external device, the control method comprising:

• an acquisition step of acquiring, from the external device, indication information for indicating the external device;
• a determining step of determining whether or not the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device indicated by the acquired indication information in the past;
• and
• a control step of (a) receiving from the external device, in a case where it is determined that in the determining step that the information processing apparatus has not communicated with the external device in the past, model information representing a type of the external device and (b) controlling a display unit to display the operation screen based on the received model information and the display information stored in a storage unit,
• wherein the control step controls, in a case where it is determined in the determining step that the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device in the past, the display unit to display an operation screen corresponding to the received indication information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer, which inputs and processes an image transmitted from an external device, to execute procedures comprising:

• an acquisition code to acquire, from the external device, indication information for indicating an external device;
• a determining code to determine whether or not the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device indicated by the indication information in the past;
• and
• a control code to (a) receive from the external device, in a case where it is determined that the information processing apparatus has not communicated with the external device in the past, model information representing a type of the external device and (b) control a display unit to display the operation screen based on the received model information and the display information stored in a storage unit,
• wherein in a case where it is determined that the information processing apparatus has communicated with the external device in the past, an operation screen corresponding to the received indication information is displayed by the display unit.