Patent ID: 11954343
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A data transfer method comprising:
storing data that is received in a memory;
acquiring transfer history information indicating a transfer state of the data, from an information processing system via a network, said information processing system being configured to transfer the data to an external storage;
identifying data to be transmitted from within the data stored in the memory, based on the transfer history information received from the information processing system; and
transmitting the identified data to the information processing system from the apparatus via the network,
wherein the transfer state of the data indicated in the transfer history information includes any one of a status indicating that a transfer process of the data has been accepted, a status indicating that the transfer process of the data is being executed, a status indicating that the transfer process of the data has been completed. and a status indicating that a fault has occurred, and
wherein the method further includes identifying data having none of the status indicating that the transfer process of the data has been accepted, the status indicating that the transfer process of the data is being executed, and the status indicating that the transfer process of the data has been completed, as the data to be transmitted from within the data stored in the memory.