Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

• US 10,216,751 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Miyamoto, Daijiro, Tamura, Makiya, Kato, Natsuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Wilson
• Application Number:
  US14/789,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/166 File name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/185 Hierarchical storage management [HSM] systems, e.g. file migration or policies thereof details of archiving G06F16/11
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes specifying a folder for storing a file among a plurality of folders, displaying character string candidates for setting a file name of a file based on a folder path of the specified folder, selecting a character string from a plurality of displayed character strings, and setting the selected character string as the file name of the file.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a user interface;

a memory for storing a computer program; and

at least one processor for executing the computer program to perform;

specifying, among a plurality of folders based on a user'"'"'s instruction received at the user interface, a folder into which a file is to be stored;

generating a plurality of character string candidates from a folder path of the specified folder by dividing the folder path of the specified folder into the plurality of character string candidates;

displaying, within the user interface, a list of the generated plurality of character string candidates for setting a new file name of the file;

selecting, based on a user'"'"'s selecting operation received at the user interface, at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates displayed within the user interface; and

setting, to the file stored in the specified folder, the new file name which is generated based on the selected at least one character string candidate by sorting the selected at least one character string candidate in an order that the user selected the at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates displayed within the user interface.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if at least two of character string candidates are selected from the displayed list of the plurality of character string candidates, setting, to the file stored in the specified folder, the new file name which is generated by inserting a specific sign between the sorted selected at least two character string candidates.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform:

changing the specific sign based on a user'"'"'s instruction.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform:

transmitting the file having the set new file name.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform:

storing the file having the set new file name into the specified folder.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform:

registering second character string candidates in advance,

wherein, in addition to the character string candidates generated from the folder path of the specified folder, the registered second character string candidates are displayed in the list of the character string candidates within the user interface for setting the new file name of the file.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform:

acquiring a date and a time,

wherein, in addition to the character string candidates generated from the folder path of the specified folder, the acquired date and time are displayed in the list of the character string candidates within the user interface for setting the new file name of the file.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reading unit configured to read a document to obtain image data; and

a generation unit configured to generate the file based on the image data of the document read by the reading unit.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer program to further perform receiving a setting file stored in the specified folder,

wherein the plurality of character string candidates are generated by dividing the folder path of the specified folder based on the received setting file.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the setting file includes information indicating a display order of character string candidates for setting the file name of the file, and

wherein the generated plurality of character string candidates are displayed according to the display order.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of character string candidates are acquired by dividing the folder path of the specified folder with slashes.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list of the acquired plurality of character string candidates are displayed with buttons corresponding to the generated plurality of character string candidates, and

wherein the user'"'"'s selecting operation is a selection of at least one desired button from the displayed buttons within the user interface.

11. A method executed by an information processing apparatus including a user interface, the method comprising:

specifying, among a plurality of folders based on a user'"'"'s instruction received at the user interface, a folder into which a file is to be stored;

generating a plurality of character string candidates from a folder path of the specified folder by dividing the folder path of the specified folder into the plurality of character string candidates;

displaying, within the user interface, a list of the generated plurality of character string candidates for setting a new file name of the file;

selecting, based on a user'"'"'s selecting operation received at the user interface, at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates; and

setting, to the file stored in the specified folder, the new file name which is generated based on the selected at least one character string candidate by sorting the selected at least one character string candidate in an order that the user selected the at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates displayed within the user interface.

12. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an information processing apparatus, the program comprising:

specifying, among a plurality of folders based on a user'"'"'s instruction received at the user interface, a folder into which a file is to be stored;

generating a plurality of character string candidates from a folder path of the specified folder by dividing the folder path of the specified folder into the plurality of character string candidates;

displaying, within the user interface, a list of the generated plurality of character string candidates for setting a new file name of the file;

selecting, based on a user'"'"'s selecting operation received at the user interface, at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates; and

setting, to the file stored in the specified folder, the new file name which is generated based on the selected at least one character string candidate by sorting the selected at least one character string candidate in an order that the user selected the at least one character string candidate from the list of the plurality of character string candidates displayed within the user interface.