Patent ID: 7793207

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for processing structured document data, comprising: storing means for storing a table describing a correspondence between a conversion scheme for converting embedded text data described in a text-data form into binary data described in a binary-data form and a character string; reception means for receiving the structured document data which comprises a plurality of items of the embedded text data, each item of the embedded text data being associated with the character string, the embedded text data described in the text-data form originating from the binary data described in the binary-data form; character-string detection means for detecting the character string to identify the embedded text data within the received structured document data; data conversion means for converting the identified embedded text data described in the text-data form into the binary data described in the binary-data form that has a data amount smaller than that of the embedded text data, the conversion being conducted according to the conversion scheme specified by the detected character string with reference to the table, and storing the converted binary data independently of the structured document data, and replacing means for replacing, in the received structured document data, the embedded text data described in the text-data form with link information to the converted binary data.