Patent ID: 7308472

Claim:
A data input method for use in a system comprising a management server, a server storing information, and at least one data input device, wherein the management server, the server storing information, and the data input device are interconnected via a network, said data input method comprises the steps of: receiving, at a management server, a request for executing a data input job from the server storing information and from the data input device a request for assigning a data input job to itself; at the management server, making a list of information to be digitized through data input, based on information held on said management server and input-specific information obtained from said requesting server storing information, and sending the list to said requesting data input device; according to a selection submitted from the data input device, establishing a communication path between the data input device and the server storing information that holds the selected information to be digitized; at the data input device, inputting the information to be digitized, obtained from the server storing information; and sending an input data to the server storing information.