Canon U.s.a., Inc.

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Satoshi Kanemune

Lessa Philip

A system in which an information processing apparatus, relay server apparatus, and management server apparatus are connected via the network, wherein the said information processing apparatus possesses a unit to send a request to merge files managed by the said management server to the said relay server apparatus, and the said relay server apparatus possesses a unit to receive the said merge request from the said information processing apparatus, to determine whether the merged file created based on the said merge request received using the said receiving unit is stored in the memory area of the said relay server apparatus, and to retrieve the said merged file from the said memory area if it is determined that the merged file is stored in the said memory area using the said determination unit solves the problem.

System, relay server apparatus, information processing method and computer-readable medium

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided. Some embodiments include receiving, at a first server from a client, a request to access a data object associated with an application on a second server. The first server sends a request for the data object to the second server and the first server receives the data object from the second server. The first server receives a first file from the client and determines whether a second file is attached to the data object. In response to determining that the second file is attached to the data object, the first server obtains the second file and generates a third file by merging the first file and the second file, and an update process is performed such that the third file is attached to the data object and the second file is not attached to the data object.

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Hiroshi Hashimoto