Patent ID: 9147142
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit that receives the number of sheet identifiers to be allocated to a form definition which is information indicating a definition for an entry field in a sheet, the sheet identifier is information for identifying the sheet; a comparison unit that compares the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit with the number of usable sheet identifier; an information allocation unit that allocates the number of usable sheet identifiers that is equal to or greater than the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit among the usable sheet identifiers as a definition identifier to the form definition when the comparison result of the comparison unit shows that the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit is equal to or less than the number of usable sheet identifiers; an excluding unit that excludes the sheet identifiers included in the definition identifier from the sheet identifiers to be allocated later; and an association unit that associates the definition identifier with the form definition.