Patent ID: 7792804

Claim:
A data registration method performed by a data registration apparatus comprising the steps of: connecting the data registration apparatus to a network; setting first data compression corresponding to a first item having a first priority among a plurality of items defined in advance as priority items used when compressing data and second data compression corresponding to a second item among the plurality of items and having a second priority lower than the first priority, wherein the plurality of priority items include at least one of an output file format, a color setting, and a resolution; acquiring a limit of a data amount of data to be registered in a database connected to the network; reading an original image using a scanner to generate image data; performing one of the first data compression and the second data compression for the generated image data; holding, when uncompressed image data not being compressed on the basis of the first data compression or the second data compression is generated by reading the original image using the scanner in the reading step according to a first reading operation, the generated uncompressed image data; registering first image data obtained by compressing the uncompressed image data on the basis of the second data compression into the database via the network when: (i) a data amount of image data obtained by compressing the generated image data on the basis of the first data compression exceeds the acquired limit, and (ii) the uncompressed image data remains in the data registration apparatus; and registering second image data obtained by compressing, on the basis of the second data compression, re-read image data generated by re-reading the original image using the scanner according to a second reading operation, into the database via the network when: (i) the data amount of image data obtained by compressing the generated image data on the basis of the first data compression exceeds the acquired limit, and (ii) the uncompressed image data does not remain in the data registration apparatus.