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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Kamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Iyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document management system includes a management device and at least two processing devices. For each of the at least two processing devices, a user to be allowed to register a document by using a corresponding processing device is determined. The management device includes a first storage and an obtaining unit. The first storage stores metadata of a protected document received from any of the at least two processing devices. The obtaining unit obtains information concerning a processing load of each of the at least two processing devices. The at least two processing device include first and second processing devices. The first processing device includes a second storage, a sender, and a receiver. The second storage stores information concerning a user to be allowed to register a document by using the first processing device. Upon receiving a request to register a document from the user, the sender sends the document and identification information concerning the first processing device to the second processing device if a processing load of the first processing device is greater than a threshold. The second processing device is determined based on information concerning a processing load of one or more of the at least two processing devices obtained by the management device. The receiver receives a protected document which is sent from the second processing device based on the identification information. The protected document is generated by processing the document in the second processing device.