Information processing system and information processing method

An information processing method implemented by a device and an information processing apparatus connected to the device via a network, the processes of information processing method being implemented by each of the device and the information processing apparatus, wherein

• processes implemented by the device comprise:
• scanning image data from a paper document to generate scanned image data;
• generating reduced data from the scanned image data of a part of pages of the paper document each time the part of the pages of the paper document is scanned, the reduced data being generated by reducing a data size of the scanned image data of the part of the pages of the paper document;
• transmitting the reduced data to the information processing apparatus each time the reduced data is generated;
• performing a second process with respect to the scanned image data from the paper document and generating second data, the second process being different from an optical character recognition process that is performed by the information processing apparatus;
• receiving via the network, optical character recognition data generated by the optical character recognition process performed by the information processing apparatus with respect to the reduced data;
• synthesizing the optical character recognition data and the second data to generate a synthesized document based on the optical character recognition data and the second data;
• wherein the image data from the paper document is scanned in parallel with the generation of the reduced data, the transmission of the reduced data, the reception of the first data, and the synthesis of the optical character recognition data and the second data;
• and
• processes implemented by the information processing apparatus comprise:
• receiving the reduced data transmitted by the device;
• performing the optical character recognition process with respect to the reduced data received from the device and generating the optical character recognition data;
• and
• transmitting the generated optical character recognition data to the device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program configured to be executed by at least one processing unit of a device that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network, the program when executed causing the device to perform processes of:

• scanning image data from a paper document;
• generating reduced data from image data of a part of pages of the paper document each time the image data of the part of the pages of the paper document is scanned, the reduced data being generated by reducing a data size of the image data of the part of the pages of the paper document;
• a first transmitting of the reduced data to the information processing apparatus each time the reduced data is generated by the reduction step;
• performing a second data generating process with respect to the image data scanned from the paper document by the scanning step to generate second data, the second process being different from an optical character recognition process performed by the information processing apparatus;
• a first receiving, via the network, of optical character recognition data that is generated by the optical character recognition process performed by the information processing apparatus with respect to the reduced data;
• and
• synthesizing the optical character recognition data and the second data;
• wherein the image data from the paper document is scanned in parallel with the reduction process, the first transmitting process, the first receiving process, and the synthesis process.