Patent ID: 8245305
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file processor which couples a plurality of files to create one coupled file, comprising: a file selector that designates a plurality of files to be coupled; a security setting information extracting part that extracts from the plurality of files to be coupled security setting information which includes a security setting of each of the files to be coupled; a display that displays a selectable list of multiple security settings of the extracted security setting information to an operator to allow the operator to select from the list one or more of the multiple security settings to be applied to the coupled file, each of the multiple security settings corresponding to a predefined security setting; a coupled file creating part that couples the plurality of files to be coupled to create one newly coupled file; a security setting selecting part by which the operator selects one or more of the displayed security settings to be applied to the coupled file from the selectable list of multiple security settings displayed on the display; a security setting canceling part which automatically cancels the security setting set to each of the files to be coupled after selection of the security setting to be applied to the coupled file has been completed; and a security setup part that creates new security setting information based on the extracted security setting information and which includes the one or more selected security settings, and adds a new security setting to the newly coupled file based on the new security setting information.