Patent ID: 9123026
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A document distribution system using a World Wide Web Distributed Authorizing and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol, comprising: a WebDAV server; and an image forming apparatus configured to scan a document and transmit the scanned document to the WebDAV server by using the WebDAV protocol, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a user interface operable to provide a dialog box including a first user input field to enable a user to designate a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the WebDAV server and a second user input field to enable the user to designate a directory of the WebDAV server so as to specify a document storing location within the WebDAV server, the dialog box to provide a connection to the WebDAV server to transmit a document to the WebDAV server using the WebDAV protocol, wherein the image forming apparatus determines whether to use an existing document level property and existing document information to determine a directory of the WebDAV server, and wherein upon determining to use the existing document level property and the existing document information the image forming apparatus transmits the scanned document to the directory of the WebDAV server designated by the existing document level property and the existing document information, and upon determining not to use the existing document level property and the existing document information the image forming apparatus transmits the scanned document to a directory of the WebDAV server designated by using the user interface.