Shredder system

A shredder system comprising:

• a server;
• a retention container configured to retain a medium comprising information fixed thereon in response to a first person feeding the medium to the retention container;
• a shredder configured to shred the medium;
• a scanner device;
• and
• a supervisor terminal that is used to retrieve information of the medium,
• wherein the server, the shredder, and the supervisor terminal are connected over a predetermined network,
• wherein the scanner device is provided within the retention container in a state where the first person is unable to visually recognize the scanner device, and
• wherein the scanner device is configured to read the information fixed on the medium at a predetermined time before the medium is shredded by the shredder, and
• wherein the supervisor terminal transmits an information retrieving instruction to the server over the predetermined network in response to a first input by a second person at the supervisor terminal that is different from the first person,
• wherein the server comprises:
• an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the information read by the scanner device over the predetermined network,
• an information management unit configured to manage the information of the medium acquired by the information acquisition unit in a recoverable manner, and
• a display control unit that, in response to receiving the information retrieving instruction from the supervisor terminal, retrieves the information of the medium managed by the information management unit and executes control to display the information on the supervisor terminal,
• wherein the information management unit manages the information of the medium in association with metadata generated for search, the metadata comprising character recognition information of a part of the medium and a date, and
• wherein, during the period in which the medium is retained in the retention container, the server determines whether to shred the medium based on a second input to the supervisor terminal, and
• wherein the shredder automatically shreds the medium in response to the second input confirming shredding of the medium.