Patent ID: 11892974
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A file management system comprising:
a communication device that communicates with an external device;
a storage device that stores property information, a workflow status, and a workflow history for each of various files; and
a control device including a processor, and configured to act, when the processor executes a control program, as:
a file manager that manages the various files;
a file outputter that outputs a file based on a target file among the various files, to outside of the computer via the communication device;
an information file generator that generates an information file which is a document file containing information, which including at least one of the property information, the workflow status, and the workflow history, linked with the target file; and
a file merger that generates a merged target file, by merging the information file with the target file, when the target file is of a specific file format,
the file outputter being configured to output the merged target file to outside of the computer via the communication device, as the file based on the target file, when the file merger generates the merged target file.