Patent ID: 8255831

Claim:
A file management system, comprising: a plurality of client terminals and a file management apparatus that is connected to the client terminals via a network, each client terminal including a first sending unit that sends a file to the file management apparatus; and a second sending unit that sends a generation request for generation of file management information for managing the file to the file management apparatus, and the file management apparatus including a generating unit that generates the file management information upon receiving the generation request from the client terminal; a first storage unit that receives the file from the client terminal, and stores therein the file, the file management information associated with the file, and position information by which a displaying unit displays symbol images for the file management information in a shape of a matrix; a display control unit that causes the displaying unit to display the symbol images in the shape of the matrix based on the stored position information; a determining unit that determines whether first position information that is not associated with the file management information is present, excepting second position information corresponding to an end of the matrix, among the stored position information of the symbol images that are displayed in the shape of the matrix; and a computing unit that computes distances, from a center of the matrix, of the symbol images displayed in the shape of the matrix, wherein the generating unit generates the file management information in association with closest position information having a computed smallest distance among the stored position information, when the determining unit determines that the first position information is present.