Data management apparatus and data management system
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsShoji Imaizumi, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Masaaki Saka, Eiichi Yoshida, Hideki Hino
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Abstract
In order to prevent leakage of prescribed information (such as highly confidential information, for example) stored in a data management apparatus via a storage device external to such data management apparatus, when the data management apparatus carries out processing to back up the data stored therein to the external storage device, the data management apparatus prohibits backup of prescribed designated information.
Claims16
A data management apparatus capable of performing processing to back up data files in an external storage device, comprising:
- a memory that stores data files, and
- a controller that, prohibits backup of those data files among the data files stored in the memory that are designated by the user as prohibited from backup.
A data management apparatus capable of performing processing to back up data files in an external storage device, comprising:
- a memory that stores data files,
- a receiving means that receives a backup request indicating that the data files stored in the memory should be backed up, and
- a controller that, where such backup request is received, backup the usual data file memorized by the memory and prohibits backup of those data files among the data files stored in the memory that are designated by the user as prohibited from backup.
A data management system, comprising:
- a first memory that stores data files,
- a second memory that stores backup data files, and
- a controller that prohibits backup in the second memory of those data files among those data files stored in the first memory that are designated by the user as prohibited from backup.
An image forming apparatus capable of performing processing to back up data files in an external storage device, comprising:
- a memory that stores image data files with read of scanner or for printing,
- a receiving means that receives a backup request indicating that the image data files stored in the memory should be backed up, and
- a controller that, where such backup request is received, prohibits backup of those image data files among the image data files stored in the memory that are designated by the user as prohibited from backup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.