Patent ID: 7436538

Claim:
A system for inputting and outputting a document by dividing the document into a plurality of portions, and converting the document into data, the system comprising a plurality of document input and output devices connected through a network, a first document input and output device of the document input and output devices comprising: a division input instruction unit configured to give an instruction for causing a document to be divided into a plurality of bundles, and then the bundles to be entered; a device specifying unit configured to specify a second document input and output device of the input and output devices, which is to be caused to enter a bundle which has not been entered to the first document input and output device; a preparation unit configured to prepare a template for defining a job of the first document input and output device, and a template for continuing a job registration operation, for the second document input and output device specified by the device specifying unit; an execution instruction unit configured to give an instruction for one of at least first, second and third execution modes, in which an input operation is dividedly performed by using the second document input and output device; a registration unit configured to acquire information regarding a job executed by the first document input and output device and a job executed by the second document input and output device, and register the jobs as a single job; and a deletion unit configured to cause the second document input and output device to delete the template prepared for the second document input and output device, when the execution of the job is continued by the second document input and output device, and the job is completed, wherein in the first execution mode, the first and second document input and output devices simultaneously execute the input division, in the second execution mode, information of the template for the first document input and output device is transferred to the second document input and output device and the second document input and output device executes the job common to the job of the first document input and output device, and in the third execution mode, the second document input and output device executes a job to be added continuously with the job executed by the first document input and output device.