Image processing apparatus and information management system

An information management system comprising:

• a network;
• an acknowledgement terminal for sending an acknowledgement notice allowing an image file to be written in a detachable storage medium;
• and an image processing apparatus connected to the acknowledgement terminal through the network for writing the image file in the detachable storage medium, said image processing apparatus including a storage unit for storing user information correlating user identification information and acknowledger information in advance so that the image processing apparatus stores an image file in the storage unit when the image processing apparatus acquires the image file, said image processing apparatus correlating the user identification information and authentication information contained in the acknowledgement notice when the user identification information and the acknowledger information contained in the acknowledgement notice are registered in the user information upon receiving the acknowledgement notice through a communication unit, said image processing apparatus registering the user identification information and the authentication information as acknowledgement information in the storage unit, said image processing apparatus determining whether the user identification information and the authentication information received through an input unit are registered in the acknowledgement information, said image processing apparatus allowing the image file stored in the storage unit to be written in the detachable storage medium when the authentication notice is authenticated, said image processing apparatus deleting the acknowledgement information after the image file is written in the detachable storage medium.

An information management system comprising:

• a network;
• an acknowledgement terminal for sending an acknowledgement notice allowing an image file to be written in a detachable storage medium;
• and an image processing apparatus connected to the acknowledgement terminal through the network for writing the image file in the detachable storage medium, said image processing apparatus including a storage unit for storing user information correlating user identification information and acknowledger information in advance so that the image processing apparatus stores an image file in the storage unit and sends an acknowledgement request mail with the image file attached thereto to the acknowledgement terminal when the image processing apparatus acquires the image file, said image processing apparatus correlating the user identification information and authentication information contained in the acknowledgement notice when the user identification information and the acknowledger information contained in the acknowledgement notice are registered in the user information upon receiving the acknowledgement notice through a communication unit, said image processing apparatus registering the user identification information and the authentication information as acknowledgement information in the storage unit, said image processing apparatus determining whether the user identification information and the authentication information received through an input unit are registered in the acknowledgement information, said image processing apparatus allowing the image file stored in the storage unit to be written in the detachable storage medium when the authentication notice is authenticated, said image processing apparatus deleting the acknowledgement information after the image file is written in the detachable storage medium.