Information processing system, information processing apparatus, archive information management method, storage medium which stores information-processing-apparatus-readable program that implements the method, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Satomi, Satoshi Igeta, Tomonobu Hiraishi
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Abstract
This invention allows to control archive of data without any load on the operator of a service by automatically changing the archive condition in correspondence with product information related to the service. When data is to be archived in an apparatus connected to a network, the data archive period is changed on the basis of the information of a product related to the service, which is sent from the user. For example, when the archive condition is the archive period, control is executed to delete data that has expired.
Claims6
A server apparatus that receives image data from a user terminal via a network and stores the received image data into an image-storage unit, comprising:
- an order accepting unit constructed to accept a print order of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- an editing accepting unit constructed to accept an edit instruction of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a browsing accepting unit constructed to accept a browse request of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a recording unit constructed to record a time when the print order is accepted, a time when the edit instruction is accepted, and a time when the browse request is accepted;
- a deleting unit constructed to delete the stored image data from said image-storage unit, when a starting point time, which is determined by a type of starting point time and the times recorded by said recording unit, is before a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined archive period from the current time;
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- a changing unit constructed to change, based on registered user information, the type of starting point time.
A method for receiving image data from a user terminal via a network and storing the received image data into an image-storage unit, the method comprising:
- an order accepting step of accepting a print order of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- an editing accepting step of accepting an edit instruction of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a browsing accepting step of accepting a browse request of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a recording step of recording a time when the print order is accepted, a time when the edit instruction is accepted, and a time when the browse request is accepted;
- a deleting step of deleting the stored image data from said image-storage unit, when a starting point time, which is determined by a type of starting point time and the times recorded in said recording step, is before a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined archive period from the current time;
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- a changing step of changing, based on registered user information, the type of starting point time.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program, said computer-executable program being executable by a computer so as to control the computer to receive image data from a user terminal via a network and store the received image data into an image-storage unit, the computer-executable program comprising code for causing the computer to execute:
- an order accepting step of accepting a print order of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- an editing accepting step of accepting an edit instruction of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a browsing accepting step of accepting a browse request of the stored image data from the user terminal;
- a recording step of recording a time when the print order is accepted, a time when the edit instruction is accepted, and a time when the browse request is accepted;
- a deleting step of deleting the stored image data from said image-storage unit, when a starting point time, which is determined by a type of starting point time and the times recorded in said recording step, is before a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined archive period from the current time;
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- a changing step of changing, based on registered user information, the type of starting point time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.