FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

• US 20100281085A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Hirata, Satoshi, ARAUMI, Yuichi
• Application Number:
  US12/768,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20100281085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/827
• 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 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A file management apparatus, connected to a client terminal via a network, includes a file receiving unit that receives a file transmitted from the client terminal; an image processing unit that generates bitmap data and thumbnail data according to the file; a file storage unit that stores therein each of the bitmap data and the thumbnail data in association with the file; a receiving unit that receives a file retrieval instruction transmitted from the client terminal; a determining unit that determines a type of the client terminal or a type of application that runs on the client terminal, based on the file retrieval instruction; and an output unit that outputs one of the file, the bitmap data, and the thumbnail data stored in the file storage unit according to a result of determination.

Claims

1. A file management apparatus connected to a client terminal via a network, the file management apparatus comprising:

a file receiving unit that receives a file transmitted from the client terminal;

an image processing unit that generates bitmap data and thumbnail data according to the file received by the file receiving unit;

a file storage unit that stores therein each of the bitmap data and the thumbnail data generated by the image processing unit, in association with the file;

a receiving unit that receives a file retrieval instruction transmitted from the client terminal;

a determining unit that determines a type of the client terminal or a type of application that runs on the client terminal, based on the file retrieval instruction received by the receiving unit; and

an output unit that outputs one of the file, the bitmap data, and the thumbnail data stored in the file storage unit according to a result of determination performed by the determining unit.

2. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the determining unit determines that the application that runs on the client terminal is a slide-show tool, the output unit outputs the thumbnail data to the client terminal.

3. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the determining unit determines that the client terminal is a mobile phone terminal, the output unit outputs Flash data to the client terminal.

4. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the determining unit determines that the application that runs on the client terminal is an Web browser, the output unit outputs HTML data to the client terminal.