Patent ID: 8140553
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which is connected to an external device to be able to communicate with each other, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, when an instruction is input to copy a search folder used to search data based on set search conditions to the external device, whether or not the external device has a search function required to execute the search folder based on set search conditions; a generation unit configured to generate a folder to be transmitted to the external device based on the instruction; a search unit configured to search, when the determination unit determines that the external device does not have at least one search function required to execute the search folder based on set search conditions, data based on a corresponding search condition of the search conditions set in the search folder, wherein said at least one search function that the external device does not have is used to search data based on the corresponding search condition; a setting unit configured to set information associated with data obtained by the search by said search unit in the generated folder so that the data, which can be searched based on the search conditions set in the search folder, can be acquired via the generated folder at the external device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated folder set with the information associated with the data by said setting unit to the external device.