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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Yasuo Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Nakagiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Junko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Wataru Kanaya, Chofu, JP;
Michiko Kanaya, Legal Representative, Chofu, JP;
Yasuo Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Nakagiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Junko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Wataru Kanaya, Chofu, JP;
Michiko Kanaya, legal representative, Chofu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention enables storing and managing one document of respective parts as electronic data created by a plurality of applications regardless of the type of application program which creates each part of one document. For this purpose, a plurality of shared folders are set on a network, and attributes in printing are set for the shared folders. A hot folder program supervises the shared folders. When a document image data file scanned by a multifunction apparatus is stored in one of the shared folders, the hot folder program causes an action program to perform a process complying with the attributes set for the shared folder which stores the file, and a bookbinding application to import the file.