Patent ID: 8424097
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing method, comprising the steps of: communicating, by an information processing apparatus, with an access rights managing server through a network, wherein the access right managing server manages an access rights control ID, which specifies access rights for a document file, and a document ID by associating the access rights control ID with the document ID to control the access rights for a document file specified by the document ID; receiving facsimile data, which has no file format, from an external facsimile apparatus which cannot access the access right managing server; converting an image part of the received facsimile data into a document file; extracting an access rights control ID from a predetermined position of the received facsimile data; transmitting the extracted access rights control ID to the access right managing server through the network; receiving a document ID associated with the transmitted access rights control ID from the access right managing server in response to the transmission of the access rights control ID through the network; and appending the document ID to the document file converter from the image part of the received facsimile data and storing the document file appended with the document ID in a memory.