Patent ID: 8037030
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile printing server comprising: a first folder that stores data; a second folder that stores data; a third folder that stores data; a data allocation section that stores received data either in the first folder or in the second folder according to an allocation rule so that the data stored in the first folder are data to be printed and the data stored in the second folder are data to be temporarily stored; a management section that manages the data stored in the first folder and the data stored in the second folder according to management rules provided for the respective folders; and an allocation rule definition section that changes and defines the allocation rules to be referred to by the data allocation section, and includes a priority definition section that defines a priority to be used for the plurality of allocation rules, wherein the data allocation section being adapted to store a received predetermined data in the third folder, the management section being adapted to store predetermined information acquired from the predetermined data stored in the third folder, wherein the management section conducts a viewing of data information stored in the third folder for the purpose of viewing data information stored in the second folder according to the predetermined information, wherein when a request for a predetermined process on the data indicated by the data information stored in the third folder is received for the purpose of viewing data information stored in the second folder, the management section executes a process on the data indicated by the data information stored in the third folder according to the request for a process, wherein as the received data is registered as registered data in the third folder, if there is a directive for registration from a user, predetermined information is extracted from the registered data as an index which is registered to the second folder, wherein when a user's directive for viewing is received for viewing data in the second folder, the index is displayed, when there is a user's directive for printing data, real data is acquired from the third folder and a printing process is executed, wherein the third folder is accessible by a plurality of users and the first and second folders are accessible only by a specific user, wherein when a document customized to the user or a document common to the plurality of users is received, the data allocation section allocates the received data to the third folder; and wherein a document registered to the first folder is transferred to the second folder in response to a registration completion notification email received from a user.