Patent ID: 8037107
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document transfer assisting system having a document transfer assisting apparatus connected over a network to a monitor apparatus that monitors a predetermined file to which the document transfer assisting apparatus outputs information in CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file format, and requests a predetermined document management server to register a document based on the information output to the predetermined file, the monitor apparatus comprising: a registration information storage unit that stores a predetermined file having, as a record in CSV file format, attribute information outputted by the document transfer assisting system including, as a field, information on a document to be registered in the document management server in response to an instruction input to the document transfer assisting apparatus by a user, the information specifying at least the document; and a registration information monitoring unit that monitors the predetermined file stored in the registration information storage unit, and, when determining that attribute information is output to the predetermined file, acquires a document based on document specifying information included in each of the attribute information outputted, and transmits the document, the attribute information thereof, and a document registration request to the document management server, the document transfer assisting apparatus comprising: a document attribute acquiring unit that, for each document to be registered in the document management server designated by the user, acquires attribute information including information specifying at least the document; a document attribute storage unit that stores the acquired attribute information; an update unit that updates the attribute information stored in the document attribute storage unit in response to an instruction input by the user; an edit unit that adds, edits, and deletes a field of the attribute information stored in the document attribute storage unit in response to an instruction input by the user; and a registration unit that outputs, as a record in CSV file format, each piece of the attribute information stored in the document attribute storage unit to the predetermined file stored in the registration information storage unit of the monitor apparatus at a predetermined timing.