Patent ID: 8218162

Claim:
A storage device configured to transmit requested data to an image processing device, the device comprising: an analyzing unit configured to analyze page description language data, and to generate vector data and metadata from analysis results; a storing unit configured to store, in the storage device, a document file including the vector data and the metadata, the metadata including a data size of each of a plurality of objects; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the image processing device, a transfer request for the document file and transfer size information; a searching unit configured to search a requested document file stored by the storage device in accordance with the received transfer request; an editing unit configured to delete, from the document file, the metadata and vector data corresponding to an object of which a data size is greater than a data size included in the received transfer size information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the metadata and the vector data that are not deleted by the editing unit, to the image processing device.