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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuichiro Shibuya
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The present invention allows for storing new document data immediately after the details of processing associated with a box are changed. The present invention provides a workflow processing apparatus executing processing procedures in sequence for data existing in a storage location based on setting information, where the workflow processing apparatus includes a data registration unit changing the setting information, a data acquisition unit determining whether or not data exists in the first storage location when the setting information is changed, and a box operation unit that changes the original name of the first storage location to a new name and that generates the second storage location having the original name when it is determined that the data exists in the first storage location.
A workflow processing apparatus executing processing procedures in sequence for data transmitted to a storage location based on setting information of a property of the processing procedures set for the storage location, the workflow processing apparatus comprising:
A method of controlling a workflow processing apparatus executing processing procedures in sequence for data transmitted to a storage location based on setting information of a property of the processing procedures set for the storage location, the method comprising the steps of:
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a workflow processing apparatus having a location where data is stored and a workflow processing method, and particularly relates to a workflow processing apparatus having a function of executing predetermined processing for document data stored in a box and a workflow processing method.
2. Description of the Related Art
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 shows the general configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a workflow processing apparatus (such as an image forming apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings.
Entire Configuration
FIG. 1 shows the entire configuration of a workflow system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The above-described workflow system includes at least one workflow processing apparatus such as image forming apparatuses 130 (130a, 130b, and 130c), at least one client personal computer (PC) used by an end user, such as PCs 120 (120a and 120b), and a management server 110 provided to set processing performed through a box document processing function. The above-described components are connected to one another via a network 100.