Patent ID: 8422066
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a document accumulation section in which information of each of a plurality of documents is accumulated; an additional information storage section storing additional information on a current status of processing of each of the plurality of documents as associated with each relevant document; a display section for displaying various information on each of the plurality of documents on a display screen; an operation information acquisition section acquiring operation information when a user specifies an operation for a document in line with his/her intention and its related processing from among the various information on documents having been displayed on the display screen; a current status determination section determining a current status of processing of the document based on the operation information having been acquired in the operation information acquisition section; and a document management section updating and managing stored information in the additional information storage section based on the current status of processing of the document having been stored in the additional information storage section and the current status of processing of the document having been determined in the current status determination section; and wherein the current status of processing of the document includes each status of unread that indicates being unprocessed, hold that indicates being in the course of processing, and read that indicates having been processed; wherein the document management section updates and manages stored information in the additional information storage section in such a manner that when details of operation information having been acquired in the operation information acquisition section regard an operation of processing that targets all the pages of an unread document, the current status of processing of the document is changed from unread to read, whereas when the details of operation information regard an operation that targets a part of the pages of an unread document, the current status of processing of the document is changed from unread to hold; wherein the document management section stores each document belonging to each current status into a relevant folder among a plurality of folders having been preset for each current status of processing of the document; and wherein the document management section when the stored information in the additional information storage section is updated, moves a document related to the updating, to a relevant folder along with the updating.