File transfer data setting device

• US 7,373,392 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2003
• Issued: 05/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kuno, Masashi, Nishihara, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne; Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Osman; Ramy M
• Application Number:
  US10/424,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20030208565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,841 Days
• Field of Search: 709/216, 709/217, 709/228, 709/292, 709/203, 709/219, 709/232
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

In order for the user to set new file transfer data, the image file transfer setting unit 30 acquires authentication data from a file transfer data table and displays a list of connections on the display unit 40. Next, the user uses the input unit 42 to select a desired connection from the list and also to input or select a folder 12 to be the transfer source and a hot folder 24 to be the transfer destination. The image file transfer setting unit 30 combines this data as new file transfer data and adds the data to the file transfer data table. In this way, the user can set new file transfer data using authentication data included in preset file transfer data, thereby facilitating the setting of file transfer data and the management of server authentication data.

Claims

1. A file transfer data setting device for setting file transfer data to be used for transferring a file from one of at least one server to a client, the file transfer data setting device comprising:

a storing portion storing at least one set of file transfer data, each set of file transfer data including a set of transfer source data, a set of transfer destination data, and a set of server authentication data, the transfer source data set indicating a server storage area that is provided on the one of the at least one server and that serves as a source of a file to be transferred, the transfer destination data set indicating a client storage area that is provided on a client and that serves as a destination to transfer the file, the server authentication data set being used for causing the server to permit an access to the server;

a notifying portion notifying a user of at least one set of information indicative of the at least one set of server authentication data that is included in the at least one set of file transfer data stored by the storing portion, each set of information including at least a part of a corresponding set of server authentication data;

an input portion enabling a user to input a set of transfer source data indicating a user'"'"'s desired server storage area, from which the user desires to transfer a file, and to input a set of transfer destination data indicating a user'"'"'s desired client storage area, to which the user desires to transfer the file, the input portion enabling the user to select one set of information from among the at least one set of information notified by the notifying portion, thereby selecting one set of server authentication data that corresponds to a user'"'"'s desired server, in which the user'"'"'s desired server storage area is located; and

a file transfer data setting portion adding the selected authentication data, the inputted transfer source data, and the inputted transfer destination data in association with each other in the storing portion as a set of new file transfer data;

wherein the input portion enables the user to further input post-process data indicative of a desired post-processing, to which the user desires to subject the file that will remain in the user'"'"'s desired server storage area after the subject file is transferred from the server storage area to the user'"'"'s desired client storage area, and

wherein the file transfer data setting portion adds the selected authentication data, the inputted transfer source data, the inputted transfer destination data, and the inputted post-processing data in association with each other in the storing portion as the set of new file transfer data.

2. A file transfer data setting device as recited in claim 1, wherein the notifying portion notifies the user of the at least one set of transfer destination data that is included in the at least one set of file transfer data stored by the storing portion, the input portion enabling the user to select one set of transfer destination data indicating the user'"'"'s desired client storage area, the file transfer data setting portion adding the selected authentication data, the inputted transfer source data, and the selected transfer destination data in association with each other in the storing portion as the set of new file transfer data.

3. A file transfer data setting device as recited in claim 2, wherein the notifying portion notifies the user of at least one set of transfer source data that is included in the at least one set of file transfer data stored by the storing portion, the input portion enabling the user to select one set of transfer source data indicating the user'"'"'s desired server storage area, the file transfer data setting portion adding the selected authentication data, the selected transfer source data, and the selected transfer destination data in association with each other in the storing portion as the set of new file transfer data.

4. A file transfer data setting device as recited in claim 1, wherein the notifying portion includes a display portion displaying a list of the at least one set of information indicative of the at least one set of authentication data that is included in the at least one set of file transfer data stored by the storing portion.

5. A file transfer data setting device as recited in claim 1, wherein the authentication data for each of the at least one server includes address-indicating data, login name data, and password data, the address-indicating data being indicative of an address of the server, the notifying portion setting each set of information indicative of the corresponding set of server authentication data based on the address-indicating data included in the corresponding set of server authentication data, thereby notifying the user only of the address-indicating data in the authentication data for each of the at least one server, without notifying the user of login name data and the password data in the authentication data.

6. A file transfer data setting device as recited in claim 1, wherein the authentication data for each of the at least one server further includes data indicative of a protocol used by the server.

7. A storage medium that can be read by a computer and that stores a file transfer data setting program to be executed by a computer for setting file transfer data to be used for transferring a file from one of at least one server to a client, the computer including a storing portion storing at least one set of file transfer data, each set of file transfer data including a set of transfer source data, a set of transfer destination data, and a set of server authentication data, the transfer source data set indicating a server storage area that is provided on the one of the at least one server and that serves as a source of a file to be transferred, the transfer destination data set indicating a client storage area that is provided on a client and that serves as a destination to transfer the file, the server authentication data being used for causing the server to permit an access to the server, the file transfer data setting program comprising the programs of:

notifying a user of at least one set of information indicative of the at least one set of server authentication data that is included in the at least one set of file transfer data stored by the storing portion, each set of information including at least a part of a corresponding set of server authentication data;

enabling a user to input a set of transfer source data indicating a user'"'"'s desired server storage area, from which the user desires to transfer a file, to input a set of transfer destination data indicating a user'"'"'s desired client storage area, to which the user desires to transfer the file, and to select one set of information from among the notified at least one set of information, thereby selecting one set of server authentication data that corresponds to a user'"'"'s desired server, in which the user'"'"'s desired server storage area is located; and

adding the selected authentication data, the inputted transfer source data, and the inputted transfer destination data in association with each other in the storing portion as a set of new file transfer data,

wherein the enabling enables the user to further input post-process data indicative of a desired post-processing. to which the user desires to subiect the file that will remain in the user'"'"'s desired server storage area after the subi ect file is transferred from the server storage area to the user'"'"'s desired client storage area, and

wherein the adding adds the selected authentication data, the inputted transfer source data, the inputted transfer destination data, and the inputted post-processing data in association with each other in the storing portion as the set of new file transfer data.