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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Makoto Kumagai, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazunori Shionoya, Toyohashi, JP;
Atsushi Ishikawa, Anjo, JP;
Hidekazu Takahama, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Kitayama, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A data processing device connected to a network and an external memory device stores data in a memory area of the external memory device. Image data and the like are transferred and stored in the memory area of an external memory device, and the data name and storage destination of the stored data are recorded on a portable memory medium. This portable memory medium can be used to simply and easily manage the data location and the like at any time. Since the data name and storage destination are recorded in the portable memory medium, there is less concern that the data name and storage destination will become known to users other than the user possessing the portable memory medium, thus ensuring data security compared to when such data are stored in the data processing device. Moreover, because there is no need to store the data name and storage destination in the data processing device, the complex controls required for displaying the stored data names and the like on the display panel are unnecessary.