File management system and method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasashi Yahara, Tsutomu Murayama
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Abstract
A file management system provided with an improved operability by arranging attribute information of recorded files, file search result information, and index information of files and listing the information per a file together in a single file list, by adding an identical indicator mark to a plurality of files for which identical processing is requested to be performed in the file list, and by searching for the files having the indicator mark in the file list to perform predetermined processing for the found files. The predetermined processing includes an index input, printing files, and storing files which have been scanned.
Claims33
A file management system which stores a plurality of files respectively including a plurality of image information, comprising:
- specification means for specifying for each of a plurality of files in a list whether the file has both image information and index information recorded, has only image information recorded, or has only index information recorded;
- selection means for selecting one of a plurality of storage methods for storing image information corresponding to any files in the list specified as having image information by said specification means;
- and
- storage means for storing image information specified by said specification means in the storage method selected by said selection means,
- wherein said storage means skips any file in the list which has only index information recorded and processes the remaining files in the list.
A file management system according to clam 1, wherein the storage methods comprise a method of storing image information for all files processed by said storage means in a single file, a method of storing image information for each file processed by said storage means in a separate file, and a method of storing each page of image information for each file processed by said storage means in a separate file.
A file management method for a file management system which stores a plurality of files each formed by a plurality of image information, comprising:
- specification process for specifying for each of a plurality of files in a list whether the file has both image information and index information recorded, has only image information recorded, or has only index information recorded;
- selection process for selecting one of a plurality of storage methods for storing image information corresponding to any files in the list specified as having image information in said specification process;
- and
- storage process for storing image information specified in said specification process in the storage method selected in said selection process,
- wherein said storage process skips any file in the list which has only index information recorded and processes the remaining files in the list.
A storage medium for storing a file management method for a file management system which stores a plurality of files each formed by a plurality of image information, comprising:
- specification process program code for specifying for each of a plurality of files in a list whether the file has, both image information and index information recorded, has only image information recorded, or has only index information recorded;
- selection process program code for selecting one of a plurality of storage methods for storing image information corresponding to any files in the list specified as having image information in said specification process program code;
- and
- storage process program code for storing image information specified in said specification process program code in the storage method selected in said selection process program code,
- wherein said storage process program code skips any file in the list which has only index information recorded and processes the remaining files in the list.
A file management system in which a plurality of files can be stored, comprising:
- list management means for managing a single file list allowing pre-index or post-index of files;
- checking means for checking whether a file in the list is pre-index in which index information is recorded before image information or is post-index in which image information is recorded before index information;
- and
- adding means, if said checked file is not checked as pre-index file, for adding identification information to the checked file.
A file management method for storing a plurality of files, comprising:
- a list management step of managing a single file list allowing pre-index or post-index of files;
- a checking step of checking whether a file in the list is pre-index in which index information is recorded before image information or is post-index in which image information is recorded before index information;
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- an adding step, if said checked file is not checked as pre-index file, of adding identification information to the checked file.
A storage medium storing computer readable program for executing file management method for storing a plurality of files, the computer readable code comprising:
- a list management step of managing a single file list allowing pre-index or post-index of files;
- a checking step of checking whether each file in the single file list is selected as the pre-index or the post-index;
- and
- an adding step, if said checked file is not checked as pre-index file, of adding identification information to the checked file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.