Patent ID: 8402009
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a digital document; a setting unit configured to set a communication protocol for accessing the stored digital document from the external apparatus via the network; a notification unit configured to be operable when a new digital document is stored in said storage unit, to notify the external apparatus of storage location information on the new digital document for accessing the new digital document according to the set communication protocol; and a control unit configured to be operable when the setting of the communication protocol set by said setting unit is changed after said setting unit sets the communication protocol and at least before said notification unit notifies the external apparatus of the storage location information, to cause said notification unit to notify the external apparatus of the storage location information for accessing the new digital document according to the changed communication protocol.