US 11,892,974 B2
File management program and file management system, for outputting target file, and information file containing information linked with target file, to external device
Koichi Shono, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,524.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-211987 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205731 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/116 (2019.01) [G06F 7/14 (2013.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/1744 (2019.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium having a file management program stored therein, the file management program being configured to cause a computer including a communication device that communicates with an external device, a processor, and a storage device that stores property information, a workflow status, and a workflow history for each of various files, to act, when the processor executes the file management program, as
a file manager that manages the various files;
a file outputter that outputs a file based on a target file among the various files, to outside of the computer via the communication device;
an information file generator that generates an information file which is a document file containing information, which including at least one of the property information, the workflow status, and the workflow history, linked with the target file; and
a file merger that generates a merged target file, by merging the information file with the target file, when the target file is of a specific file format,
the file outputter being configured to output the merged target file to outside of the computer via the communication device, as the file based on the target file, when the file merger generates the merged target file.