Patent ID: 9645770
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a monitor unit configured to monitor inputting a file into a first folder; a matching detection unit configured to detect that a folder name of a second folder which is a sub-directory of the first folder matches at least part of a file name of a file input into the first folder; and a control unit configured (i) to, based on that the folder name of the second folder matches at least part of the file name of the file input into the first folder, process a plurality of files in the second folder and send a plurality of print jobs for the plurality of files to a print apparatus, and (ii) to, based on that the folder name of the second folder does not match at least part of the file name of the file input into the first folder, withhold processing of a plurality of files in the second folder and sending a plurality of print jobs for the plurality of files to the print apparatus until said matching detection unit detects that the folder name of the second folder matches at least part of the file name of the file input into the first folder, wherein, based on that the folder name of the second folder matches at least part of the file name of the file input into the first folder, said control unit processes the plurality of files that exist in the second folder by the file which is input into the first folder and is one file, and a plurality of print jobs are sent to the print apparatus.