Method for receiving and managing electronic files and file-managing device used therefor
First Claim
1. A method of managing electronic files using a file-managing device and at least one member computer mutually connected over the Internet, wherein the member computer is provided with a Web browser and being operated by a member;
- and the file-managing device functions as a Web server, stores and manages a plurality of received-files entrusted and received from the member computer in an appropriate storage resource, and manages member verification information, such as member IDs and therewith associated passwords, and received-file location information respectively for each member;
the method comprising;
step 1 wherein the file-managing device verifies whether if the member computer accessing the file-managing device is authorized to access by using said member verification information, and sends file-operating-Web-data and an associated program to the member computer after verification;
step A wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program, which are sent to and working on the member computer, display a received file storage structure diagram (RFSS diagram), which is configured according to said received-file location information for the present member, on a display of the member computer;
step B wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program display a local file storage structure diagram (LFSS diagram) on the display of the member computer by checking an information structure of an external storage of the member computer;
step C wherein, when a user of the member computer selects a certain file shown in the LFSS diagram, designates a folder shown in the RFSS diagram, and demands to upload the selected file to the designated folder, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program read out the selected file from the external storage, and send the selected file to the file-managing device along with an instruction to store the selected file in the designated folder of the present member;
step D wherein, when the user of the member computer selects a certain received-file in the RFSS diagram, designates a folder shown in the LFSS diagram, and demands to download the selected received-file to the designated folder, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program send to the file-managing device a download instruction to send the selected received-file to the member computer;
step 2 wherein, when said step C is executed, the file-managing device receives the selected file from the member computer, and stores the file in the designated folder of the present member;
step 3 wherein, when said step D is executed, the file-managing device receives the download instruction, reads out the selected received-file from the storage, and sends the received-file to the member computer;
step 4 wherein, along with said step 2, the file-managing device creates a preview image data based on the contents of the file received from the member computer;
the preview image data expressed in a predetermined data format so that it has a data size smaller than the original file;
step 5 wherein the file-managing device associates the preview image data to the original file and stores the preview image data in an appropriate storage resource;
step E wherein, when the user of the member computer demands to view the contents of a specific file shown in the RFSS diagram, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program send an instruction to the file-managing device to send the preview image data of the specified file to the member computer;
step F wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program receive the preview image data sent from the file-managing device, and display the contents of the preview image data on the display of the member computer; and
step 6 wherein, when said step E is executed, the file-managing device receives the instruction to send the preview image data, reads out the preview image data for the specified file, and sends the data to the member computer.
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Abstract
Provided is a file storing-and-managing method and device, for receiving, storing and managing electronic files over the Internet, the method and device including an effective and easy-to-operate GUI which can be operated visually and intuitionally without causing any stress. The file-managing device sends a graphical operation page to a user-computer connected over the Internet. The operation page includes a description (5) of the structure showing how the received-files are stored in the file-managing device and a description (7) of the structure showing how local files are stored in the user-computer, so that a user can easily upload and download files through graphical and intuitional operations of this page. Further, the file-managing device creates preview image data which is provided for previewing of the received-file and which has a data-size smaller than the original received-file. This preview image data is associated to and managed with the original received-file. When there is an instruction from the user where he wishes to preview a received-file, the file-managing device sends the preview image data to the user-computer instead of the whole received-file, and a small window (9) showing a preview image according to the preview image data is displayed on the user-computer.
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1. A method of managing electronic files using a file-managing device and at least one member computer mutually connected over the Internet, wherein the member computer is provided with a Web browser and being operated by a member;
- and the file-managing device functions as a Web server, stores and manages a plurality of received-files entrusted and received from the member computer in an appropriate storage resource, and manages member verification information, such as member IDs and therewith associated passwords, and received-file location information respectively for each member;
the method comprising;
step 1 wherein the file-managing device verifies whether if the member computer accessing the file-managing device is authorized to access by using said member verification information, and sends file-operating-Web-data and an associated program to the member computer after verification;
step A wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program, which are sent to and working on the member computer, display a received file storage structure diagram (RFSS diagram), which is configured according to said received-file location information for the present member, on a display of the member computer;
step B wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program display a local file storage structure diagram (LFSS diagram) on the display of the member computer by checking an information structure of an external storage of the member computer;
step C wherein, when a user of the member computer selects a certain file shown in the LFSS diagram, designates a folder shown in the RFSS diagram, and demands to upload the selected file to the designated folder, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program read out the selected file from the external storage, and send the selected file to the file-managing device along with an instruction to store the selected file in the designated folder of the present member;
step D wherein, when the user of the member computer selects a certain received-file in the RFSS diagram, designates a folder shown in the LFSS diagram, and demands to download the selected received-file to the designated folder, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program send to the file-managing device a download instruction to send the selected received-file to the member computer;
step 2 wherein, when said step C is executed, the file-managing device receives the selected file from the member computer, and stores the file in the designated folder of the present member;
step 3 wherein, when said step D is executed, the file-managing device receives the download instruction, reads out the selected received-file from the storage, and sends the received-file to the member computer;
step 4 wherein, along with said step 2, the file-managing device creates a preview image data based on the contents of the file received from the member computer;
the preview image data expressed in a predetermined data format so that it has a data size smaller than the original file;
step 5 wherein the file-managing device associates the preview image data to the original file and stores the preview image data in an appropriate storage resource;
step E wherein, when the user of the member computer demands to view the contents of a specific file shown in the RFSS diagram, the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program send an instruction to the file-managing device to send the preview image data of the specified file to the member computer;
step F wherein the file-operating-Web-data and the associated program receive the preview image data sent from the file-managing device, and display the contents of the preview image data on the display of the member computer; and
step 6 wherein, when said step E is executed, the file-managing device receives the instruction to send the preview image data, reads out the preview image data for the specified file, and sends the data to the member computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- and the file-managing device functions as a Web server, stores and manages a plurality of received-files entrusted and received from the member computer in an appropriate storage resource, and manages member verification information, such as member IDs and therewith associated passwords, and received-file location information respectively for each member;
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