Patent ID: 7437366
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A control method for a document management system in which a document transmission device capable of transmitting acquired image data, a document management server of managing received image data by storing to a folder as a document, and a document management client of browsing the image data of the document stored in the document management server are connected to others through a network, the control method comprising: a registration control information storage step, executed by the document management server, of receiving and storing registration control information for controlling a document registration process, from the document management client; a registration control information acquisition response step, executed by the document management server, of transmitting the registration control information stored in said registration control information storage step to the document transmission device, on the basis of a registration control information acquisition request transmitted from the document transmission device; a document registration step, executed by the document management server, of receiving, from the document transmission device, the registration control information designated from among the registration control information transmitted in said registration control information acquisition response step and the image data, and of storing the received image data as the document on the basis of the received registration control information; a registration control information transmission step, executed by the document management client, of creating the registration control information and transmitting the created registration control information to the document management server; a first user authentication step, executed by the document management client, of transmitting a user authentication request to the document management server and receiving an authentication result from the document management server, wherein, in said registration control information transmission step, the document management client transmits the created registration control information and user information authenticated in said first user authentication step to the document management server, when the authentication is successfully ended in said first user authentication step; a registration control information acquisition request step, executed in the document transmission device, of transmitting the registration control information acquisition request to the document management server; a registration control information acquisition step, executed in the document transmission device, of receiving the registration control information transmitted from the document management server in said registration control information acquisition response step; a registration control information display step, executed in the document transmission device, of displaying a registration control menu showing a content of the registration control information received in said registration control information acquisition step; a registration control information designation step, executed in the document transmission device, of designating the registration control information on the basis of an operation to the registration control menu displayed in said registration control information display step; a data acquisition step, executed in the document transmission device, of acquiring the image data; an image transmission step, executed in the document transmission device, of transmitting the registration control information designated in said registration control information designation step and the image data acquired in said data acquisition step, to the document management server; and a second user authentication step, executed in the document transmission device, of transmitting a user authentication request to the document management server and receiving an authentication result from the document management server, wherein, in said registration control information storage step, the document management server associates the registration control information received from the document management client in said registration control information transmission step with user information, and stores the registration control information and the user information associated with each other, and wherein, in said registration control information acquisition request step, the document transmission device transmits user information authenticated in said second user authentication step and the registration control information acquisition request to the document management server, when the authentication is successfully ended in said second user authentication step, and wherein, in said registration control information acquisition response step, the document management server transmits to the document transmission device the registration control information stored in association with the user information transmitted in said registration control information acquisition request step.