JP2007018160A - Network document management system, control method therefor, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network document management system capable of flexibly specifying scan control information and registration control information by a simple operation from a document management client and a digital multifunction peripheral, a control method therefor, and a storage medium.
(1) Scan control information and registration control information are created and changed only from a document management client to a document management server.
(2) Create and save a document registration job composed of scan control information and registration control information in association with the user of the document management server.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a digital multi-function peripheral that reads a document and generates and transmits image data, a document management server that stores received image data in association with a folder and stores and manages user information, and a document management server Network document management system in which a document management client for viewing image data of a document that has been connected is connected via a network, a control method thereof, and a storage medium storing a control program related to the control method in a computer-readable form About.

  Conventionally, document management information such as keywords is stored in association with image data of a document created by reading data such as printed characters, graphics, and images with a scanner device or the like, or document data created by a word processor or the like. There has been proposed a network document management system in which a document management server and a document management client that searches, displays, prints, etc. for these pieces of information are connected via a network.

  Also, in such a network document management system, a digital multi-function peripheral capable of reading an original and creating and transmitting image data is connected via a network, and the image data transmitted from the digital multi-function peripheral is converted into a document management server. Those that can be registered as are also proposed.

  Such a network document management system includes, for example, a document management client 1600, a document management server 1601, an image transfer device 1606, and a digital multifunction peripheral 1607 as shown in FIG. ing. The document management server 1601 includes an attribute management server unit 1602, an attribute database file 1603, a volume server unit 1604, and a volume file 1605. An attribute management server unit 1602 manages relations between folders, documents, and pages and their attributes so that image data and document data can be managed as documents stored in hierarchical folders. Database Management System) stores folder attributes, document attributes, page attributes, and the like in the attribute database file 1603. The volume server unit 1604 is a server for managing actual data associated with pages by the attribute management server unit 1601, and stores image data, document data, and the like in the volume file 1605. A document management client 1600 is a client of a network document management system, and can search and display a document managed by the document management server 1601. In this case, the document management client 1600 transmits various requests to the attribute management server unit 1602 by the SQL (Structured Query Language) protocol defined on the TCP / IP protocol, and the processing result is sent from the attribute management server unit 1602. At the same time, when further processing for image data or document data occurs, various requests are transmitted to the volume server unit 1604 by RPC (Remote Procedure Call), and the processing results are received from the volume server unit 1604. The digital multifunction peripheral 1607 is an image forming apparatus having multifunction functions such as a copy, a scanner, a printer, and a FAX. The image transfer apparatus 1606 converts image data read from the scanner and received image data by FAX using a network protocol such as FTP. Send to. The image transfer apparatus 1606 registers the image data received from the digital multifunction peripheral 1607 by a network protocol such as FTP as a document in the document management server 1601 based on registration control information such as a preset storage destination folder and index. Therefore, the information transfer control with the document management server 1601 is performed in the same manner as the document management client 1600.

  Further, in such a network document management system, scan control information for controlling scan processing of the digital multi-function peripheral, such as a color mode and resolution, is set in advance, and a desired operation can be performed by a simple operation on the document management client. There has been proposed an apparatus that can read a manuscript from a digital multifunction peripheral and register the image data as a document in a document management server.

  Such a network document management system is also configured as shown in FIG. 16, and the document management client 1600 has a scanner driver such as TWAIN, acquires and stores scan control information set by the scanner driver, and stores it as a job. Display on the palette screen. The job palette screen displays a list of scan control information stored in the document management client. When scan control information is selected by an operator's operation, the scanner driver is set according to the selected scan control information. After that, scan processing is executed, and the image data received from the scanner driver is registered in the document management server 1601 as a document. The scanner driver generates a scan job in accordance with the settings, transmits the scan job to the digital multifunction peripheral 1607 using a device control protocol defined on a network protocol such as UDP / IP, TCP / IP, and the image data acquisition request. And the generated image data is acquired from the digital multifunction peripheral 1607. The digital multifunction peripheral 1607 receives a scan job from the scanner driver according to the device control protocol, reads a document according to the scan job, generates image data, receives an image data acquisition request from the scanner driver, and stores the stored image data Is sent to the scanner driver.

  FIG. 17 is an example of a job palette display screen in such a document management client 1600. In the drawing, scan control information 1701, 1702, and 1703 are displayed on the job palette 1700.

As another conventional example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 can be cited.
JP 2004-171290 A JP 2004-220424 A

  However, in the above-described network document management system of the prior art, not only the registration control information for the document management server 1601 is preset in the image transfer apparatus 1606, but also the protocol used for file transmission and the transmission destination in the digital multifunction peripheral 1607. The transmission destination information for the image transfer apparatus 1606, such as the host name, folder path, user name, and password, must also be set in advance. Therefore, when newly creating registration control information, or when changing registration control information due to a change in the folder configuration of the document management server 1601, not only the registration control information in the image transfer apparatus 1606, but also the digital multifunction peripheral 1607. It is necessary to create and change the transmission destination information, and there is a problem that the creation and modification of registration control information becomes complicated.

  Also, when registering a document, what is displayed on the digital multifunction peripheral 1607 and can be specified by the operator is transmission destination information associated with registration control information in the image transfer apparatus 1606. Cannot be confirmed and specified. Furthermore, since the transmission destination information in the digital multifunction peripheral 1607 is created as information common to all operators of the digital multifunction peripheral 1607, it is difficult to specify desired registration control information for each user in the document management server 1601. is there. For this reason, there is also a problem that the registration control information cannot be flexibly designated from the digital multifunction peripheral 1607 by a simple operation. Another problem is that registration control information of the image transfer apparatus 1606 cannot be obtained and specified from the document management client 1600.

  Further, since the scan control information is stored in the document management client 1600 separately from the registration control information, the operation of the creation and update processing becomes complicated, and the scan control information is acquired from the digital multifunction peripheral 1607. There is also a problem that it cannot be specified.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a network document management system capable of easily creating and changing scan control information and registration control information, a control method thereof, and storage. To provide a medium. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document management management client, a network document management system capable of flexibly specifying scan control information and registration control information by a simple operation from a digital multifunction peripheral, a control method therefor, and An object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium that stores a control program related to the control method in a computer-readable form.

In order to achieve the above object, a control method for a network document management system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a digital multi-function peripheral that reads a document, generates and transmits image data, and stores the received image data in association with a folder as a document. And a document management server that stores and manages user information and a document management client that browses image data of a document stored in the document management server.
The document management client
A first communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of the address information of the desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and through the first communication step Creating a document registration job to be sent to the document management server,
A first document registration job acquisition step of transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
A first document registration job display step for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the first document registration job acquisition step;
A first document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
A second communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job in accordance with the scan control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step and transmits the scan job to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step in accordance with the address information of the document registration job Sending step;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step, and image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral is stored. Receiving image data, and
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, the document data composed of the image data acquired in the image data acquisition step is transferred to the document management through the first communication step. A first image transmission step of transmitting to the server and performing a registration flow process;
The above digital multifunction device
A third communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
A second document registration job acquisition step of transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication step and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
A second document registration job display step for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the second document registration job acquisition step;
A second document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
A first reading step of reading an original according to scan control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and the image data generated in the first reading step are transmitted to the document management server through the third communication step. A second image transmission step;
A fourth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A second reading step of receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication step, reading a document according to the scan job, and generating image data;
An image data acquisition response step of transmitting the image data generated by the second reading step to the document management client based on the image data acquisition request received from the document management client via the fourth communication step And
The document management server
A fifth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A document registration job storage step for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the document management client based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. An acquisition response step;
A first document registration step for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A sixth communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication step. An acquisition response step;
A second document registration step for receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step, storing the image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing a registration flow process; Is executed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method for a network document management system according to the first aspect, wherein the document management client transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the first communication step. Performing a first user authentication step of receiving
The document registration job creation step creates a document registration job comprising address information of a desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling scan processing, and registration control information for controlling document registration processing. , The user information authenticated in the first user authentication step is transmitted to the document management server via the first communication step,
The first document registration job acquisition step transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step together with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication step, and sends the document registration job acquisition request to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The digital multi-function peripheral transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the third communication step, and executes a second user authentication step of receiving an authentication result,
The second document registration job acquisition step transmits a document registration job acquisition request together with the user information authenticated in the second user authentication step to the document management server via the third communication step, and sends it to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The document management server performs user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step, and transmits an authentication result to the document management client;
Performing user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the digital multifunction peripheral through the sixth communication step, and executing a second user authentication response step of transmitting an authentication result to the digital multifunction peripheral;
The document registration job storage step stores the user information received from the document management client via the fifth communication step in association with the document registration job,
In the first document registration job acquisition response step, the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. Send the job to the document management client,
In the second document registration job acquisition response step, the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step. A job is transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral.

A network document management system according to a third aspect of the present invention is a digital multi-function peripheral that reads a document to generate and transmit image data, and a document management that stores received image data in association with a folder as a document and stores and manages user information. In a network document management system in which a server and a document management client for browsing image data of a document stored in the document management server are connected via a network,
The document management client
A first communication means for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of address information of the desired digital multi-function peripheral, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and via the first communication means A document registration job creating means for transmitting to the document management server,
First document registration job acquisition means for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication means and receiving the document registration job stored in the document management server;
First document registration job display means for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received by the first document registration job acquisition means;
First document registration job selection means for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
Second communication means for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job according to the scan control information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, and transmits the scan job to the digital multi-function peripheral via the second communication means according to the address information of the document registration job A transmission means;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral via the second communication means, and the image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral Image data acquisition means for receiving
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, the document data consisting of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition means is sent to the document management via the first communication means. A first image transmission unit that transmits to the server and performs a registration flow process;
The above digital multifunction device
Third communication means for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Second document registration job acquisition means for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication means and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
Second document registration job display means for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received by the second document registration job acquisition means;
Second document registration job selection means for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
First reading means for reading an original according to scan control information of a document registration job selected by the second document registration job selecting means and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected by the second document registration job selection unit and the image data generated by the first reading unit are transmitted to the document management server via the third communication unit. A second image transmission means;
Fourth communication means for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
Second reading means for receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication means, reading an original according to the scan job, and generating image data;
Image data acquisition response means for transmitting the image data generated by the second reading means to the document management client based on an image data acquisition request received from the document management client via the fourth communication means. ,
The document management server
Fifth communication means for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
Document registration job storage means for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication means;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage unit to the document management client based on a document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit; An acquisition response means;
First document registration means for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication means;
Sixth communication means for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage means to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication means; An acquisition response means;
Second document registration means for receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral via the sixth communication means, storing image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing registration flow processing; It is characterized by comprising.

In the network document management system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the document management client transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the first communication means and receives an authentication result. Comprising a first user authentication means;
The document registration job creation unit creates a document registration job including address information of a desired digital multifunction peripheral, scan control information for controlling scan processing, and registration control information for controlling document registration processing. , Along with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication means, transmitted to the document management server via the first communication means,
The first document registration job acquisition unit transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication unit together with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication unit, and sends the document registration job acquisition request to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The digital multifunction peripheral includes a second user authentication unit that transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the third communication unit and receives an authentication result.
The second document registration job acquisition means transmits a document registration job acquisition request together with the user information authenticated by the second user authentication means to the document management server via the third communication means, and sends it to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The document management server performs user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit, and transmits a result of authentication to the document management client;
Second user authentication response means for performing user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication means and transmitting an authentication result to the digital multifunction peripheral;
The document registration job storage means stores the user information received from the document management client via the fifth communication means in association with the document registration job;
The first document registration job acquisition response unit is configured to store the document registration associated with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit. Send the job to the document management client,
The second document registration job acquisition response unit is configured to store the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication unit. A job is transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral.

A storage medium according to a fifth aspect of the present invention stores a computer-readable program for controlling a network document management system in which a digital multifunction peripheral, a document management server, and a document management client are connected via a network. A storage medium,
A first communication module in a first communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of the address information of the desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and through the first communication step A document registration job creation module of the document registration job creation step to be transmitted to the document management server,
The first document registration job of the first document registration job acquisition step that transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step and receives the document registration job stored in the document management server. An acquisition module;
A first document registration job display module in a first document registration job display step for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the first document registration job acquisition step;
A first document registration job selection module in a first document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
A second communication module in a second communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multifunction peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job in accordance with the scan control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step and transmits the scan job to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step in accordance with the address information of the document registration job A scan job transmission module in the transmission step;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step, and image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral is stored. An image data acquisition module of the image data acquisition step for receiving,
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, the document data composed of the image data acquired in the image data acquisition step is transferred to the document management through the first communication step. A program for controlling the document management client having a first image transmission module of a first image transmission step for transmitting to a server and performing a registration flow process;
A third communication module in a third communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
The second document registration job in the second document registration job acquisition step that transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication step and receives the document registration job stored in the document management server. An acquisition module;
A second document registration job display module in a second document registration job display step for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the second document registration job acquisition step;
A second document registration job selection module in a second document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
A first reading module of a first reading step for reading an original according to scan control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and the image data generated in the first reading step are transmitted to the document management server through the third communication step. A second image transmission module in a second image transmission step;
A fourth communication module in a fourth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A second reading module in a second reading step for receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication step, reading a document according to the scan job, and generating image data;
Image data in the image data acquisition response step of transmitting the image data generated in the second reading step to the document management client based on the image data acquisition request received from the document management client through the fourth communication step. A program for controlling the digital multi-function peripheral having an acquisition response module;
A fifth communication module in a fifth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A document registration job storage module of a document registration job storage step for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the document management client based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. A first document registration job acquisition response module in an acquisition response step;
A first document registration module in a first document registration step for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A sixth communication module in a sixth communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication step. A second document registration job acquisition response module in an acquisition response step;
The second document registration step of receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step, storing the image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing a registration flow process A program for controlling the document management server having a second document registration module is stored in a computer-readable form.

  As described above, according to the network document management system, the control method, and the storage medium of the present invention, the scan management information and the registration control information are created and changed from the document management client to the document management server. Therefore, it is possible to simply carry out. In addition, a document registration job composed of scan control information and registration control information can be created and stored in association with the user of the document management server. Document management that is being operated by the operator in the document management client and the digital multifunction peripheral Since a document registration job associated with the server user can be acquired and displayed, a desired document registration job can be designated. Scan control information and registration control information can be obtained by simple operations from the document management client and the digital multifunction peripheral. There is an effect that it can be specified flexibly.

  Next, details of the present invention will be described in accordance with the description of the embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a network document management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This network document management system includes a document management client 100, a document management server 110, and a digital multifunction peripheral 130, which are connected via a network 140.

  The document management client 100 is a client of this network document management system that searches and displays a document managed by the document management server 110, and includes a user interface (UI) unit 101, a client processing unit 102, and a network I / F 103. It consists of. A user interface (UI) unit 101 receives instructions from an operator related to each function of the document management client 100 such as document registration, search, and display, and provides various information such as processing results to the operator. It consists of a display device typified by a CRT, liquid crystal or the like, and an input device such as a keyboard or pointing device. The client processing unit 102 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like. The client processing unit 102 performs processing of each function of the document management client 100 such as document registration, search, and display. Various request commands are transmitted to the document management server 110 via / F103, and responses are received. When processing for the digital multi-function peripheral 130 occurs, various request commands are transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral 130 via the network I / F 103 and a response is received.

  The document management server 110 is a server of the present network document management system for managing image data and document data stored from the document management client 100 or the digital multi-function peripheral 130, and includes a network I / F 111 and an attribute management server unit 112. And a volume server unit 115 and a service server unit 118. The attribute management server unit 112, the volume server unit 115, and the service server unit 118 may be configured by one personal computer as in this embodiment, or may be configured by separate personal computers connected by the network 140. It doesn't matter.

  A network I / F 111 is connected to the network 140 and performs processing of a network protocol such as TCP / IP.

  The attribute management server unit 112 is a server unit for managing the inclusion relationship between folders, documents, and pages and their attributes so that image data and document data can be managed as documents stored in a hierarchical folder. The attribute management server processing unit 113 and the attribute storage unit 114 are configured. The attribute management server processing unit 113 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like, receives a request command from the client processing unit 102 or the service server unit 118 via the network I / F 111, and updates or searches the attribute storage unit 114. The processing result is transmitted to the client processing unit 102 or the service server unit 118. The attribute storage unit 114 stores folder attributes, document attributes, page attributes, and the like, and is usually a hard disk or the like.

  The volume server unit 115 is a server unit for accumulating and managing actual data such as document data and image data associated with the page in the attribute management server unit 112. The volume server processing unit 116 and the volume storage unit 117. The volume server processing unit 116 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like, receives a request command from the client processing unit 102 or the service server unit 118 via the network I / F 111, and updates or acquires data to the volume storage unit 117. The processing result is transmitted to the client processing unit 102 or the service server unit 118. The volume storage unit 117 stores document data and image data, and is usually a hard disk or the like.

  The service server unit 118 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like. The service server unit 118 receives a request command from the digital multi-function peripheral 130 via the network I / F 111, performs each process requested from the digital multi-function peripheral 130, and registers documents and attributes. When processing for the attribute management server unit 112 or the volume server unit 115 occurs such as update, search, etc., various request commands are transmitted to these via the network I / F 111, and responses are received, The result is transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral 130.

  The digital multifunction peripheral 130 is an image forming apparatus having multifunction functions such as a copy, a scanner, a printer, and a FAX, and includes a scanner unit 131 that is an image input device, a printer unit 132 that is an image output device, a controller unit 133, and a user interface. A certain operation unit 134 is configured. The scanner unit 131, the printer unit 132, and the operation unit 134 are each connected to a controller unit 133, and the controller unit 133 is connected to a network (LAN) 140 and a public line (WAN) 150.

  The controller unit 133 performs processing such as a scan job based on input information from the operation unit 134 and provides information such as a device state and a job state to the operation unit 134. When processing for the document management server 110 occurs, a request command is transmitted to the service server unit 118, a response is received, and information acquired from the document management server 110 is provided to the operation unit 134. When a request command is received from the document management client 100, a scan job or the like is processed according to the request command, and the processing result is transmitted to the document management client 100.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional configurations of the document management client and the document management server shown in FIG. 1, and the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The client processing unit 102 of the document management client 100 includes a client application unit 200, an image processing unit 201, a cabinet document management unit 202, a database communication unit 203, a volume communication unit 204, a scanner driver unit 205, and a device communication unit 206. . The client application unit 200 processes each function of the document management client 100 and controls the display screen of the user interface (UI) unit 101 in accordance with instructions from the user interface (UI) unit 101. When processing for the attribute management server unit 112 and the volume server unit 115 occurs, the request is supplied to the cabinet document management unit 202, and the processing result is received from the cabinet document management unit 202. When processing for the digital multifunction peripheral 130 occurs, the request is supplied to the scanner driver unit 205 and the processing result is received from the scanner driver unit 205. The image processing unit 201 performs image processing such as image expansion, compression, color space conversion, background removal, enlargement / reduction, and rotation in accordance with requests from the client application unit 200 and the cabinet document management unit 202. The cabinet document management unit 202 enables requests to the attribute management server unit 112 and the volume server unit 115 by an object model including cabinets, folders, documents, and pages. When processing such as reference or update occurs, the request is supplied to the database communication unit 203, the processing result is received from the database communication unit 203, and processing such as registration, deletion, and acquisition of image data and document data is performed. Is generated, the request is supplied to the volume communication unit 204, and the processing result is received from the volume communication unit 204. The database communication unit 203 transmits a request command for the attribute management server 112 to the database communication unit 207 via the network I / F 103 by the SQL (Structured Query Language) protocol defined on the TCP / IP protocol, and the response command Is received from the database communication unit 207. The volume communication unit 204 transmits a request command for the volume server unit 115 to the volume communication unit 209 via the network I / F 103 by RPC (Remote Procedure Call), and receives a response command from the volume communication unit 209. The scanner driver unit 205 enables control of scan processing of the digital multi-function peripheral 130 by an I / F such as TWAIN. Received from the communication unit 206. The device communication unit 206 transmits a request command for the digital multifunction peripheral 130 to the controller unit 133 via the network I / F 103 by a device control protocol defined on a network protocol such as UDP / IP, TCP / IP, and the like. A response command is received from the controller unit 133.

  Next, the attribute management server processing unit 113 of the document management server 110 includes a database communication unit 207 and a database processing unit 208. The database communication unit 207 sends a request command to the attribute management server unit 112 from the database communication unit 203 or the database communication unit 212 via the network I / F 111 using the SQL (Structured Query Language) protocol defined on the TCP / IP protocol. If the request is received, the request is supplied to the database processing unit 208, and the processing result is transmitted as a response command to the database communication unit 203 or the database communication unit 212. The database processing unit 208 is an RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) for managing the inclusion relationship between folders, documents, and pages and their attributes, and performs processing such as updating and searching for the attribute storage unit 114 that is a database file. I do.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of table definition in the attribute storage unit 114 for the database processing unit 208 to manage the inclusion relationship between folders, documents, and pages and their attributes. The folder management table 300 includes a folder ID for identifying a folder, a parent folder ID for identifying a parent folder, a folder name, and a creation date and time. Whether the document management table 301 is a document ID for identifying a document, a parent folder ID for identifying a parent folder, a document name, a size, the number of pages, and an image document that is a collection of image data. It consists of a document type for identifying the document data of which application, a creation date and time, and a keyword for searching for a document. The page management table 302 includes a page ID for identifying a page, a parent document ID for identifying a parent document, a page number, a page type for identifying a file format of page data, and image data. In this case, it is composed of a paper size for identifying the paper size, a file size, and a volume ID for identifying image data and document data managed by the volume server unit 115.

  Next, the volume server processing unit 116 of the document management server 110 includes a volume communication unit 209 and a volume processing unit 210. When the volume communication unit 209 receives a request command for the volume server unit 115 by RPC (Remote Procedure Call) from the volume communication unit 204 or the volume communication unit 213 via the network I / F 111, the volume communication unit 209 receives the request. The processing result is sent to the volume communication unit 204 or the volume communication unit 213 as a response command. The volume processing unit 210 performs processing such as update and data acquisition on the volume storage unit 117 that is a volume file.

  FIG. 4 is a data configuration example in the volume storage unit 117 for the volume processing unit 210 to add and acquire image data and document data. The volume management file 400 includes a volume ID for identifying data, a file name for identifying a volume storage file in which data is stored, an offset that is a data storage start position, and a data size. Is done. In the volume storage file 401, actual image data and document data are continuously stored.

  Next, the service server unit 118 of the document management server 110 includes a service communication unit 211, a database communication unit 212, a volume communication unit 213, a cabinet document management unit 214, an image processing unit 215, and a service provider unit 216. When the service communication unit 211 receives a request command for the document management server 110 from the digital multifunction peripheral 130 via the network I / F 111 using the SOAP protocol over the HTTP protocol, the service communication unit 211 supplies the request to the service provider unit 216. The processing result is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral 130 as a response command. The service provider unit 216 performs processing according to the request from the service communication unit 211 and returns the processing result. When processing for the attribute management server unit 112 and the volume server unit 115, such as document registration, attribute update, and search, occurs, the request is supplied to the cabinet document management unit 214, and the processing result is transmitted to the cabinet document management. Received from unit 214. Since the functional components of the database communication unit 212, the volume communication unit 213, the cabinet document management unit 214, and the image processing unit 215 are the same as the functional configuration units in the document management client described above, description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the digital multi-function peripheral shown in FIG. 1, and the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The controller unit 133 is connected to a scanner unit 131 that is an image input device and a printer unit 132 that is an image output device, and on the other hand, is connected to a network (LAN) 140 or a public line (WAN) 150, so that image information and devices are connected. It is a controller for inputting and outputting information.

  In the controller unit 133, reference numeral 500 denotes a CPU, which is a controller that controls the entire system. A RAM 501 is a system work memory for the CPU 500 to operate, and is also an image memory (buffer memory) for temporarily storing input image data. Reference numeral 502 denotes a ROM which is a boot ROM and stores a system boot program. A hard disk drive (HDD) 503 stores system software and image data.

  An operation unit I / F 504 is an interface unit with the operation unit 134 and outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 134 to the operation unit 134. Further, the operation unit I / F 504 serves to transmit information input by the operator from the operation unit 134 to the CPU 500.

  Reference numeral 505 denotes a network unit (Network) which is connected to the network (LAN) 140 and inputs / outputs information. A modem (MODEM) 506 is connected to the public line (WAN) 150 and inputs / outputs image information. The above devices are arranged on the system bus 507.

  Reference numeral 508 denotes an image bus I / F, which is a bus bridge that connects the system bus 507 and an image bus 509 that transfers image data at high speed, and converts the data structure. The image bus 509 is configured by a PCI bus or IEEE1394. The following devices are arranged on the image bus 509.

  A raster image processor (RIP) 510 expands the PDL code into a bitmap image. A device I / F unit 511 connects the scanner unit 131 and the printer unit 132, which are image input / output devices, and the controller 133 via an image input unit interface 512 and a printing unit interface 513, and is a synchronous / asynchronous system for image data. Perform the conversion. A scanner image processing unit 514 corrects, processes, and edits input image data. The scanner image processing unit 514 has a function of determining whether the input image is a color document or a monochrome document from the saturation signal of the image and holding the result. A printer image processing unit 515 corrects, processes, and edits output image data.

  An image rotation unit 516 cooperates with the scanner image processing unit 514 to rotate and store an image on the memory simultaneously with reading an image from the scanner unit 131, or rotate an image on the memory and store it on the memory. Alternatively, the image on the memory can be printed out while rotating in cooperation with the printer image processing unit 515. Reference numeral 517 denotes an image compression unit which performs JPEG for multilevel image data and JBIG, MMR, MR, and MH for binary image data. A resolution conversion unit 518 performs resolution conversion processing on an image on the memory and stores the image on the memory. A color space conversion unit 519 converts, for example, a YUV image on the memory into a Lab image by matrix calculation, and stores the converted image on the memory. A gradation conversion unit 520 converts, for example, an 8-bit, 256-gradation image on the memory into 1-bit, 2-gradation by a technique such as error diffusion processing, and stores it on the memory. The image rotation unit 516, the image compression unit 517, the resolution conversion unit 518, the color space conversion unit 519, and the gradation conversion unit 520 can operate in conjunction with each other, for example, rotate an image on a memory and perform resolution conversion. In this case, both processes can be performed without going through the memory.

  FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the operation unit 134. The LCD display unit 600 has a touch panel sheet 601 pasted on the LCD and displays a system operation screen and soft keys. When the displayed keys are pressed, the position information is sent to the CPU 500 in the controller unit 133. Tell. A start key 602 is used to start a document image reading operation. In the center of the start key 602, there is a green and red two-color LED 603, which indicates whether the start key 602 is ready for use according to the color. A stop key 604 functions to stop an operation in operation. The ID key 605 is used when inputting the user ID of the user. A reset key 606 is used to initialize settings from the operation unit.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of system software in the controller unit of the digital multi-function peripheral shown in FIG. A user interface (UI) unit 700 supplies input information from the operator to the application unit 701, receives a processing result from the application unit 701, and generates a screen to be displayed on the operation unit 134. The application unit 701 performs processing according to a request from the user interface (UI) unit 700. When a scan is requested, the application unit 701 inputs a scan job together with the scan setting specified in the job control domain unit 702, and Information such as status and job status is received from the job control domain unit 704. If access to the document management server 110 is requested, the request is supplied to the service communication unit 705 and the processing result is received. A network I / F unit 702 is connected to the network 140 and performs processing of a network protocol such as TCP / IP. The interpreter unit 703 sends a request command to the digital multi-function peripheral 130 from the device communication unit 206 in the document management client 100 to the network I / F 702 using a device control protocol defined on a network protocol such as UDP / IP or TCP / IP. The request is supplied to the job control domain unit 704, and the processing result is transmitted as a response command to the device communication unit 206 in the document management client 100. The job control domain unit 704 is responsible for processing a plurality of jobs such as a scan job, a copy job, a print job, and a FAX job. When a scan job is input from the application unit 701 or the interpreter unit 703, the job control domain unit 704 is designated. Based on the scanned setting, the scanner unit 131 is operated to read a document, generate image data, and store it. The service communication unit 705 transmits a request command for the document management server 110 to the service communication unit 211 in the document management server 110 via the network I / F 706 by the SOAP protocol over the HTTP protocol, and receives the response. The network I / F 706 is the same as the network I / F 702.

  Next, an operation of creating a document registration job associated with a user in the document management client will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, processing is started by an operator's instruction (step S800), user authentication is performed on the document management server based on the user name and password input by the operator, and the authentication result is received (step S801). Next, it is determined whether or not the user authentication is successful (step S802). If the user authentication is successful, the desired digital MFP address information such as the IP address and the desired scan such as the resolution and the color mode are determined. Control information, desired registration control information such as a notification destination and an index are set (step S803), these are associated with the user as a document registration job, stored in the document management server (step S804), and the process ends (step S804). Step S805). If user authentication fails in step S802, no process is performed and the process ends (step S805).

  FIG. 9 is a table definition example in the attribute storage unit 114 for managing a document registration job associated with the user by the document management server. The user management table 900 includes a user ID for identifying a user, a user name, and a password. A document registration job management table 901 includes a job ID for identifying a document registration job, a job name, a job icon, a device name of the digital multi-function peripheral, an IP address, a scanning resolution, a color mode, and a document. Flag, 1 for identifying whether the size, the notification destination is set, the mail address of the notification destination, the flag 2, for identifying whether the index is set, and the character string of the index And the user ID of the user associated with this document registration job.

  Next, the operation of the image transmission processing using the document registration job associated with the user in the document management client will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, processing is started by an operator's instruction (step S1000), user authentication is performed on the document management server based on the user name and password input by the operator, and the authentication result is received (step S1001). Next, it is determined whether or not the user authentication is successful (step S1002). If the user authentication is unsuccessful, no processing is performed and the processing is terminated (step S1005). If user authentication is successful in step S1002, a document registration job associated with the user is acquired from the document management server (step S1003), and it is determined whether there is a document registration job (step S1004). If there is a document registration job, the job icon of the document registration job is displayed on the job palette (step S1006). If there is no document registration job, the process is terminated (step S1005).

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a job palette display screen in the document management client displayed in step S1006. In the drawing, document registration jobs 1101, 1102, and 1103 are displayed on the job palette 1100.

  Next, by selecting a desired document registration job on the job palette (step S1007), IP address setting and scan setting such as document size and resolution are performed according to the address information and scan control information of the document registration job. The digital multifunction peripheral starts a scan job, reads a document, generates image data, and stores it (step S1008). Further, the TWAIN scanner driver of the digital multifunction peripheral uploads the image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral and stores it in a file (step S1009). Next, it is determined whether or not the scan job in the digital multi-function peripheral has ended normally (step S1010). If the scan job has ended normally, the registration control information of the document registration job selected in step S1007 and Then, based on the image data stored in step S1009, it is stored as a document in the document management server and a registration flow process such as e-mail notification is performed (step S1011), and the image data stored in step S1009 is deleted (step S1012). ), And the process ends (step S1013). If the scan job does not end normally in step S1010, step S1011 is not performed and the process proceeds to step S1012.

  Next, the document registration processing and registration flow processing in step S1011 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

  First, a document name, creation date and time are set in the document attribute buffer DocProperty secured in the memory (step S1050), and it is determined whether or not an index is set in the registration control information of the document registration job selected in step S1007. If the index is set, the character string is set in the document attribute buffer DocProperty (step S1052), and document registration processing is performed with respect to the document management server based on the document attribute buffer DocProperty. This is performed (step S1053). If no index is set in the registration control information in step S1051, the process proceeds to step S1053 without performing step S1052. Next, it is determined whether or not a notification destination is set in the registration control information of the document registration job selected in step S1007 (step S1054). If the notification destination is set, the document is set to the mail address. A registration notification mail is transmitted (step S1055), and the process proceeds to step S1012. If the notification destination is not set in the registration control information in step S1054, the process proceeds to step S1012 without performing step S1055.

Next, the operation of the image transmission processing using the document registration job associated with the user in the digital multifunction peripheral will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, processing is started by an operator's instruction (step S1200), user authentication is performed on the document management server based on the user name and password input by the operator, and the authentication result is received (step S1201). Next, it is determined whether or not the user authentication has succeeded (step S1202). If the user authentication has failed, no processing is performed and the processing ends (step S1203). If user authentication is successful in step S1202, a document registration job associated with the user is acquired from the document management server (step S1204), and it is determined whether there is a document registration job (step S1205). If there is, the job name is displayed as a list (step S1206), and a desired document registration job is selected (step S1207). If there is no document registration job in step S1205, scan control information such as document size and resolution is individually set (step S1208), and registration control information such as notification destination and index is individually set (step S1209).

  FIG. 13 is a display screen example of the document registration job menu in the digital multi-function peripheral displayed in step S1206. In the figure, document registration jobs 1301, 1302, and 1303 are displayed in a list in the document registration job list 1300.

  Next, by pressing the start button of the operation unit, the scan job is started based on the scan control information of the document registration job selected in step S1207 or the scan control information set in step S1208, and the original is read. Then, image data is generated and stored (step S1210). Next, it is determined whether or not the scan job has ended normally (step S1211). If the scan job has ended normally, registration control information for the document registration job selected in step S1207, or step S1209. Based on the set registration control information and the image data stored in step S1210, a document registration request is transmitted to the document management server (step S1212), and the image data stored in step S1210 is deleted (step S1213). Then, the process ends (step S1214). If the scan job does not end normally in step S1211, step S1212 is not performed and the process proceeds to step S1213.

Next, the operation of document registration processing based on the document registration request from the digital multifunction peripheral in the document management server will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, processing is started by receiving a document registration request command from the digital multifunction peripheral (step S1400), and registration control information and image data are read from the command (step S1401). Next, the document name, creation date and time are set in the document attribute buffer DocProperty secured in the memory (step S1402), and it is determined whether or not an index is set in the registration control information acquired in step S1401 (step S1403). If the index is set, the character string is set in the document attribute buffer DocProperty (step S1404), and document registration processing based on the document attribute buffer DocProperty is performed (step S1405). If no index is set in the registration control information in step S1403, the process proceeds to step S1405 without performing step S1404. Next, it is determined whether or not a notification destination is set in the registration control information acquired in step S1401 (step S1406). If the notification destination is set, a document registration notification mail is sent to the mail address. Transmit (step S1407) and the process ends (step S1408). If the notification destination is not set in the registration control information in step S1406, step S1407 is not performed and the process ends (step S1408).

  In FIG. 15, a “first communication module” is a program module of the document management client for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network. The “document registration job creation module” is a program module of the document management client for creating a document registration job and transmitting it to the document management server. The “first document registration job acquisition module” is a program module of the document management client for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server and receiving the document registration job stored in the document management server. The “first document registration job display module” is a program module of the document management client for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the received document registration job. The “first document registration job selection module” is a program module of the document management client for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the displayed job palette. The “second communication module” is a program module of the document management client for transferring information to and from the digital multifunction peripheral. The “scan job transmission module” is a program module of the document management client for creating a scan job according to the scan control information of the selected document registration job and transmitting it to the digital multifunction peripheral. The “image data acquisition module” is a program module of a document management client for transmitting an image data acquisition request to the digital multifunction peripheral and receiving image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral. The “first image transmission module” is a program module of the document management client for transmitting document data to the document management server and performing registration flow processing based on the registration control information of the selected document registration job. . The “third communication module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for transferring information to and from the document management server. The “second document registration job acquisition module” is a program module of the digital multifunction peripheral for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server. The “second document registration job display module” is a program module of the digital multifunction peripheral for displaying a registration control menu indicating the contents of the received registration control information. The “second document registration job selection module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the displayed registration control menu. The “first reading module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for reading an original in accordance with scan control information of a selected document registration job and generating image data. The “second image transmission module” is a program module of the digital multifunction peripheral for transmitting the registration control information of the selected document registration job and the generated image data to the document management server. The “fourth communication module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for transferring information with the document management client. The “second reading module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for reading an original according to a scan job received from the document management client and generating image data. The “image data acquisition response module” is a program module of the digital multi-function peripheral for transmitting image data to the document management client based on the image acquisition request received from the document management client. The “fifth communication module” is a program module of the document management server for transferring information to and from the document management client. The “document registration job storage module” is a program module of the document management server for storing the document registration job received from the document management client. The “first document registration job acquisition response module” is a program module of the document management server for transmitting the stored document registration job to the document management client based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client. It is. The “first document registration module” is a program module of the document management server for storing document data received from the document management client. The “sixth communication module” is a program module of the document management server for transferring information to and from the digital multifunction peripheral. The “second document registration job acquisition response module” is a program module of the document management server for transmitting the stored document registration job to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral. It is. The “second document registration module” receives registration control information and image data from the digital multifunction peripheral, stores the image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performs a registration flow process. It is a program module.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the network document management system in the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the document management client and document management server of this system. It is a figure which shows the example of a table definition in the attribute memory | storage part of a document management server. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the volume memory | storage part of a document management server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the digital multifunctional device of this system. It is a figure which shows the structure of the operation part of a digital multifunctional device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of system software of a digital multi-function peripheral. It is a flowchart explaining the creation processing of the document registration job linked | related with the user in the document management client of this system. It is a figure which shows the example of a table definition in the attribute memory | storage part for the document management server of this system to manage the document registration job linked | related with the user. 10 is a flowchart for explaining image transmission processing using a document registration job associated with a user in a document management client of the present system. It is an example of a display screen of a job palette in the document management client of this system. 6 is a flowchart for describing image transmission processing using a document registration job associated with a user in the digital multifunction peripheral of this system. 6 is an example of a display screen of a document registration job menu in the digital multifunction peripheral of this system. 6 is a flowchart for describing document registration processing based on a document registration request from a digital multifunction peripheral in the document management server of the present system. It is a figure which shows the structure of the storage medium which stored the control program for controlling the network document management system in the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the network document management system of a prior art. It is an example of a display screen of a job palette in the document management client of the network document management system of the prior art. It is a flowchart explaining a document registration process and a registration flow process in the document management client of this system.

Explanation of symbols

100 Document management client
101 User interface (UI) section
102 Client processing section
103 Network I / F
110 Document management server
111 Network I / F
112 Attribute management server part
113 Attribute management server processing part
114 Attribute storage
115 Volume server section
116 Volume server processing section
117 Volume storage
118 Service server
130 Digital MFP
131 Scanner section
132 Printer section
133 Controller unit
134 Control panel
140 network
150 Public line (WAN)

Claims (5)

A digital multi-function peripheral that reads a document to generate and transmit image data, a document management server that stores received image data in association with a folder as a document, stores and manages user information, and a document stored in the document management server In a control method of a network document management system in which a document management client for browsing image data is connected via a network,
The document management client
A first communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of the address information of the desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and through the first communication step Creating a document registration job to be sent to the document management server,
A first document registration job acquisition step of transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
A first document registration job display step for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the first document registration job acquisition step;
A first document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
A second communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job in accordance with the scan control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step and transmits the scan job to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step in accordance with the address information of the document registration job Sending step;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step, and image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral is stored. Receiving image data, and
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, the document data composed of the image data acquired in the image data acquisition step is transferred to the document management through the first communication step. A first image transmission step of transmitting to the server and performing a registration flow process;
The above digital multifunction device
A third communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
A second document registration job acquisition step of transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication step and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
A second document registration job display step for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the second document registration job acquisition step;
A second document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
A first reading step of reading an original according to scan control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and the image data generated in the first reading step are transmitted to the document management server through the third communication step. A second image transmission step;
A fourth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A second reading step of receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication step, reading a document according to the scan job, and generating image data;
An image data acquisition response step of transmitting the image data generated by the second reading step to the document management client based on the image data acquisition request received from the document management client via the fourth communication step And
The document management server
A fifth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A document registration job storage step for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the document management client based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. An acquisition response step;
A first document registration step for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A sixth communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication step. An acquisition response step;
A second document registration step for receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step, storing the image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing a registration flow process; A control method for a network document management system, characterized by: The document management client transmits a user authentication request to the document management server through the first communication step, and executes a first user authentication step of receiving an authentication result,
The document registration job creation step creates a document registration job comprising address information of a desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling scan processing, and registration control information for controlling document registration processing. , The user information authenticated in the first user authentication step is transmitted to the document management server via the first communication step,
The first document registration job acquisition step transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step together with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication step, and sends the document registration job acquisition request to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The digital multi-function peripheral transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the third communication step, and executes a second user authentication step of receiving an authentication result,
The second document registration job acquisition step transmits a document registration job acquisition request together with the user information authenticated in the second user authentication step to the document management server via the third communication step, and sends it to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The document management server performs user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step, and transmits an authentication result to the document management client;
Performing user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the digital multifunction peripheral through the sixth communication step, and executing a second user authentication response step of transmitting an authentication result to the digital multifunction peripheral;
The document registration job storage step stores the user information received from the document management client via the fifth communication step in association with the document registration job,
In the first document registration job acquisition response step, the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. Send the job to the document management client,
In the second document registration job acquisition response step, the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step. 2. The network document management system control method according to claim 1, wherein the job is transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral. A digital multi-function peripheral that reads a document to generate and transmit image data, a document management server that stores received image data in association with a folder as a document, stores and manages user information, and a document stored in the document management server In a network document management system in which a document management client for browsing image data is connected via a network,
The document management client
A first communication means for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of address information of the desired digital multi-function peripheral, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and via the first communication means A document registration job creating means for transmitting to the document management server,
First document registration job acquisition means for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication means and receiving the document registration job stored in the document management server;
First document registration job display means for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received by the first document registration job acquisition means;
First document registration job selection means for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
Second communication means for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job according to the scan control information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, and transmits the scan job to the digital multi-function peripheral via the second communication means according to the address information of the document registration job A transmission means;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral via the second communication means, and the image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral Image data acquisition means for receiving
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected by the first document registration job selection means, the document data consisting of the image data acquired by the image data acquisition means is sent to the document management via the first communication means. A first image transmission unit that transmits to the server and performs a registration flow process;
The above digital multifunction device
Third communication means for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Second document registration job acquisition means for transmitting a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication means and receiving a document registration job stored in the document management server;
Second document registration job display means for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received by the second document registration job acquisition means;
Second document registration job selection means for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
First reading means for reading an original according to scan control information of a document registration job selected by the second document registration job selecting means and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected by the second document registration job selection unit and the image data generated by the first reading unit are transmitted to the document management server via the third communication unit. A second image transmission means;
Fourth communication means for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
Second reading means for receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication means, reading an original according to the scan job, and generating image data;
Image data acquisition response means for transmitting the image data generated by the second reading means to the document management client based on an image data acquisition request received from the document management client via the fourth communication means. ,
The document management server
Fifth communication means for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
Document registration job storage means for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication means;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage unit to the document management client based on a document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit; An acquisition response means;
First document registration means for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication means;
Sixth communication means for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage means to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication means; An acquisition response means;
Second document registration means for receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral via the sixth communication means, storing image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing registration flow processing; A network document management system comprising: The document management client includes first user authentication means for transmitting a user authentication request to the document management server via the first communication means and receiving an authentication result,
The document registration job creation unit creates a document registration job including address information of a desired digital multifunction peripheral, scan control information for controlling scan processing, and registration control information for controlling document registration processing. , Along with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication means, transmitted to the document management server via the first communication means,
The first document registration job acquisition unit transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication unit together with the user information authenticated by the first user authentication unit, and sends the document registration job acquisition request to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The digital multifunction peripheral includes a second user authentication unit that transmits a user authentication request to the document management server via the third communication unit and receives an authentication result.
The second document registration job acquisition means transmits a document registration job acquisition request together with the user information authenticated by the second user authentication means to the document management server via the third communication means, and sends it to the document management server. Receiving a document registration job stored in association with the user information;
The document management server performs user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit, and transmits a result of authentication to the document management client;
Second user authentication response means for performing user authentication based on a user authentication request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication means and transmitting an authentication result to the digital multifunction peripheral;
The document registration job storage means stores the user information received from the document management client via the fifth communication means in association with the document registration job;
The first document registration job acquisition response unit is configured to store the document registration associated with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication unit. Send the job to the document management client,
The second document registration job acquisition response unit is configured to store the document registration stored in association with the user information based on the user information and the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication unit. 4. The network document management system according to claim 3, wherein the job is transmitted to the digital multi-function peripheral. A storage medium for storing a computer-readable program for controlling a network document management system in which a digital multifunction peripheral, a document management server, and a document management client are connected via a network,
A first communication module in a first communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
Create a document registration job consisting of the address information of the desired digital MFP, scan control information for controlling the scan process, and registration control information for controlling the document registration process, and through the first communication step A document registration job creation module of the document registration job creation step to be transmitted to the document management server,
The first document registration job of the first document registration job acquisition step that transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the first communication step and receives the document registration job stored in the document management server. An acquisition module;
A first document registration job display module in a first document registration job display step for displaying a job palette indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the first document registration job acquisition step;
A first document registration job selection module in a first document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the job palette;
A second communication module in a second communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multifunction peripheral via the network;
A scan job that creates a scan job in accordance with the scan control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step and transmits the scan job to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step in accordance with the address information of the document registration job A scan job transmission module in the transmission step;
In accordance with the address information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, an image data acquisition request is transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral through the second communication step, and image data stored in the digital multifunction peripheral is stored. An image data acquisition module of the image data acquisition step for receiving,
Based on the registration control information of the document registration job selected in the first document registration job selection step, the document data composed of the image data acquired in the image data acquisition step is transferred to the document management through the first communication step. A program for controlling the document management client having a first image transmission module of a first image transmission step for transmitting to a server and performing a registration flow process;
A third communication module in a third communication step for transferring information to and from the document management server via the network;
The second document registration job in the second document registration job acquisition step that transmits a document registration job acquisition request to the document management server via the third communication step and receives the document registration job stored in the document management server. An acquisition module;
A second document registration job display module in a second document registration job display step for displaying a document registration job menu indicating the contents of the document registration job received in the second document registration job acquisition step;
A second document registration job selection module in a second document registration job selection step for selecting a document registration job based on an operation on the document registration job menu;
A first reading module of a first reading step for reading an original according to scan control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and generating image data;
The registration control information of the document registration job selected in the second document registration job selection step and the image data generated in the first reading step are transmitted to the document management server through the third communication step. A second image transmission module in a second image transmission step;
A fourth communication module in a fourth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A second reading module in a second reading step for receiving a scan job from the document management client via the fourth communication step, reading a document according to the scan job, and generating image data;
Image data in the image data acquisition response step of transmitting the image data generated in the second reading step to the document management client based on the image data acquisition request received from the document management client through the fourth communication step. A program for controlling the digital multi-function peripheral having an acquisition response module;
A fifth communication module in a fifth communication step for transferring information to and from the document management client via the network;
A document registration job storage module of a document registration job storage step for storing a document registration job received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A first document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the document management client based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the document management client via the fifth communication step. A first document registration job acquisition response module in an acquisition response step;
A first document registration module in a first document registration step for storing document data received from the document management client via the fifth communication step;
A sixth communication module in a sixth communication step for transferring information to and from the digital multi-function peripheral via the network;
A second document registration job for transmitting the document registration job stored in the document registration job storage step to the digital multifunction peripheral based on the document registration job acquisition request received from the digital multifunction peripheral via the sixth communication step. A second document registration job acquisition response module in an acquisition response step;
The second document registration step of receiving registration control information and image data from the digital multi-function peripheral through the sixth communication step, storing the image data as a document based on the registration control information, and performing a registration flow process A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling the document management server having a second document registration module.

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