Information processing apparatus and method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a receiver, arranged to receive registration data to be registered in a data management system;
• a converter, arranged to convert the application data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has an application data format;
• a rendering section, arranged to render the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has a drawing data format;
• a generator, arranged to generate search information of the registration data based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• a registering section, arranged to register the application data and the search information in a memory of the data management system by associating the registration data of the application data format or application data included in the registration data with the search information.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a setter, arranged to set application data;
• a converter, arranged to convert the application data into drawing data;
• and
• a transmitter, arranged to transmit the drawing data to a data management system as search data of data registered in the data management system.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a receiver, arranged to receive drawing data used to search data registered in a data management system;
• a rendering section, arranged to render the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format;
• a generator, arranged to generate search information based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• a searcher, arranged to search the data registered in the data management system based on the search information.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• setting application data to be registered in a data management system;
• determining whether or not the application data can be processed by the data management system;
• converting the application data which cannot be processed by the data management system into drawing data;
• and
• transmitting the set application data or registration data as a combination of the drawing data of the application data and the application data to the data management system in accordance with a determination result of the determining step.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving registration data to be registered in a data management system;
• converting the application data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has an application data format;
• rendering the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has a drawing data format;
• generating search information of the registration data based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• registering the application data and the search information in a memory of the data management system by associating the registration data of the application data format or application data included in the registration data with the search information.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• setting application data;
• converting the application data into drawing data;
• and
• transmitting the drawing data to a data management system as search data of data registered in the data management system.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving drawing data used to search data registered in a data management system;
• rendering the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format;
• generating search information based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• searching the data registered in the data management system based on the search information.

A computer program for an information processing method, said method comprising the steps of:

• setting application data to be registered in a data management system;
• determining whether or not the application data can be processed by the data management system;
• converting the application data which cannot be processed by the data management system into drawing data;
• and
• transmitting the set application data or registration data as a combination of the drawing data of the application data and the application data to the data management system in accordance with a determination result of the determining step.

A computer program for an information processing method, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving registration data to be registered in a data management system;
• converting the application data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has an application data format;
• rendering the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format when the registration data has a drawing data format;
• generating search information of the registration data based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• registering the application data and the search information in a memory of the data management system by associating the registration data of the application data format or application data included in the registration data with the search information.

A computer program for an information processing method, said method comprising the steps of:

• setting application data;
• converting the application data into drawing data;
• and
• transmitting the drawing data to a data management system as search data of data registered in the data management system.

A computer program for an information processing method, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving drawing data used to search data registered in a data management system;
• rendering the drawing data into image data of a bitmap format;
• generating search information based on the image data of the bitmap format;
• and
• searching the data registered in the data management system based on the search information.