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US 2012/0233225 A1Published application
System and computer program product for file management
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakaaki HARADA
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Abstract
On a display unit of a client terminal, a to-be-uploaded folder and a to-be-uploaded file, a display area associated with computer program that provides uploading function, and the like are displayed. When a user operates a mouse and the like such that a pointer is placed on the to-be-uploaded file and performs a drag-and-drop operation into the display area, the to-be-uploaded file is uploaded to a file management server via a network.
Claims4
A file management system, comprising:
- a client terminal;
- and
- a file management apparatus that is connected to the client terminal via a network,
- wherein the client terminal includes
- a file-information acquiring unit configured to acquire, when a displayed graphical object that represents a file is selected, the file represented by the displayed graphical object and file management information that is associated with the file;
- and
- a transmitting unit that transmits the file and the file management information acquired by the file-information acquiring unit to the file management apparatus;
- and
- the file management apparatus includes
- a storage unit that stores therein the file and the file management information transmitted from the client terminal;
- the file-information acquiring unit is configured to add a photographed date contained in Exif data of the file to the file management information, when the file is an image file obtained by using a photographing apparatus;
- and
- the file-information acquiring unit is configured to add an update date of the file in the client terminal to the file management information, when the file is a file other than the image file with Exif data.
10 more elements
A file management method, comprising:
- acquiring, when a displayed graphical object that represents a file is selected, the file represented by the displayed graphical object, and file management information that is associated with the file;
- adding a photographed date contained in Exif data of the file to the file management information, when the file is an image file obtained by using a photographing apparatus;
- adding an update date of the file in the client terminal to the file management information, when the file is a file other than the image file with Exif data;
- and
- transmitting the file and file management information to a management apparatus.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.