Patent ID: 9026532
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus being configured to accumulate image data of files, the image forming apparatus comprising: a memory; a communicating part configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus; a data obtaining part configured to obtain image data to be accumulated in the information processing apparatus; an encrypting part configured to encrypt the image data to be accumulated in the information processing apparatus; a metadata generating part configured to transmit the encrypted image data to be accumulated to the information processing apparatus, and set metadata according to a Web-based distributed authoring and versioning protocol (WebDAV protocol), which is received or generated by an operation receiving part, in a property portion of the image data to be accumulated, wherein the property portion includes live properties which the information processing apparatus sets and manages according to the WebDAV protocol and dead properties in which the metadata is set according to the WebDAV protocol, the dead properties being set and managed by the image forming apparatus; and an access control information setting part configured to set access control information which defines whether to permit an edit, an addition or a deletion of the metadata as well as an access entity for the image data accumulated in the information processing apparatus, the edit, the addition or the deletion of the metadata being performed according to the WebDAV protocol.