plurality of the client pcs can be connected to each of the lan segments 4 the internet storage 2 is configured so that a plurality of cabinets 20 20 a 20 b each of which stores documents of a corresponding one of customers can be set therein according to the internet storage service image data including document data can be stored from the image input apparatus 5 directly in the cabinet 20 also the same cabinet 20 can be set by the different lan segments 4 for example a scanner and a compound machine can be used as the image input apparatus 5 the compound machine is a unit having a plurality of functions of copying printing scanning and faxing the compound machine includes not only that constituted by a single unit but also that constituted by a plurality of units fig4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the image input apparatus each of the image input apparatuses 5 5 a 5 b 5 c includes a cpu 50 configured to control each of components of the image input apparatus 5 an internet communication controller 51 a connected to the internet 3 a lan communication controller 51 b connected to each of the lan segments 4 a storage 52 having a rom a ram and a hdd an input portion 53 having a touch panel a display 54 constituted by a.