A transmission packet usable to perform multiple operations including
scanning and is transmitted via a network in order to achieve
communications in at least one server shared by at least one client via
the network. The transmission packet includes a version field, a packet
form display field, an operation form display field, an attribute group
field and/or a data group field, and an end field. The packet form
display field has packet form display information that represents a form
in which the transmission packet is generated. The operation form display
field has operation form display information that represents a form of an
operation using the transmission packet. The attribute group field and/or
a data group field have one of first information associated with
attributes of the operation and second information associated with data
regarding the operation.