Image processing system, image processing apparatus, document management server, control method and storage medium thereof

An image processing system comprising:

• an image processing apparatus;
• a document management server that manages document data received by the image processing apparatus;
• and a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,
• the image processing apparatus including:
• a reception unit configured to externally receive document data;
• and
• a transmission unit configured to transmit the document data received by the reception unit to the document management server,
• the document management server including:
• an obtainment unit configured to obtain attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• a presenting unit configured to present, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted by the transmission unit and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained by the obtainment unit, to the external apparatus;
• a registration unit configured to receive, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented by the presenting unit and associates the document data with the matter data, and to register, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server.

An image processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with a document management server that manages document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the image processing apparatus comprising:
• a reception unit configured to externally receive document data;
• an obtainment unit configured to obtain attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• a transmission unit configured to transmit the document data received by the reception unit and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained by the obtainment unit to the document management server,
• wherein, in accordance with an input of a user from an external apparatus, the document data and given matter data are associated with each other in the document management server, and are registered in the matter management server.

A document management server that is capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus that receives document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the document management server comprising:
• a presenting unit configured to present, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted from the image processing apparatus and attribute information on matters transmitted from the image processing apparatus, to the external apparatus;
• and
• a registration unit configured to receive, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented by the presenting unit and associates the document data with the matter data, and to register, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server via the image processing apparatus.

A document management server that is capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus that receives document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the document management server comprising:
• an obtainment unit configured to obtain attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• a presenting unit configured to present, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted from the image processing apparatus and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained by the obtainment, to the external apparatus;
• and
• a registration unit configured to receive, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented by the presenting unit and associates the document data with the matter data, and to register, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server.

A control method of an image processing system that includes:

• an image processing apparatus;
• a document management server that manages document data received by the image processing apparatus;
• and an matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,
• the method comprising:
• in the image processing apparatus,
• externally receiving document data;
• obtaining attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• and
• transmitting, to the document management server, the document data received in the receiving step, and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained in the obtaining step, and
• in the document management server,
• presenting, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted in the transmitting step, and the attribute information on matters that was transmitted in the transmitting step, to the external apparatus;
• and
• receiving, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented in the presenting step and associates the document data with the matter data, and registering, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server via the image processing apparatus.

A control method of an image processing system that includes:

• an image processing apparatus;
• a document management server that manages document data received by the image processing apparatus;
• and an matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,
• the method comprising:
• in the image processing apparatus,
• externally receiving document data;
• and
• transmitting, to the document management server, the document data received in the receiving step, and
• in the document management server,
• obtaining attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• presenting, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted in the transmitting step, and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained in the obtaining step, to the external apparatus;
• and
• receiving, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented in the presenting step and associates the document data with the matter data, and registering, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server.

A control method of an image processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with a document management server that manages document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the method comprising:
• externally receiving document data;
• obtaining attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• and
• transmitting, to the document management server, the document data received in the receiving step, and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained in the obtaining step,
• wherein, in accordance with an input of a user from an external apparatus, the document data and given matter data are associated with each other in the document management server, and are registered in the matter management server.

A control method of a document management server that is capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus that receives document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the method comprising:
• presenting, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted from the image processing apparatus and attribute information on matters transmitted from the image processing apparatus, to the external apparatus;
• and
• receiving, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented in the presenting step and associates the document data with the matter data, and registering, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server via the image processing apparatus.

A control method of a document management server that is capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus that receives document data, and with a matter management server that manages the document data and matter data in association with each other,

• the method comprising:
• obtaining attribute information that indicates information on matters from the matter management server;
• presenting, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the document data transmitted from the image processing apparatus and the attribute information on individual matter data that was obtained in the obtaining step, to the external apparatus;
• and
• receiving, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the information presented in the presenting step and associates the document data with the matter data, and registering, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server.