File management device and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11966369-B2
Application number	US-202017064771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2020
Priority date	May 19, 2020
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A file management device includes a processor configured to: add specific information to a file to be managed, the specific information specifying the file to be managed which is stored in a file system, the specific information being managed in association with a storage location on the file system; and when the file downloaded to an outside of the file system is re-uploaded from an external device to the file system, acquire the specific information added to the file, and specify the storage location on the file system based on the specific information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A file management device comprising:
a processor configured to:
add specific information to a file to be managed, the specific information identifying a storage location including a folder on the file system from which the file has been downloaded to an outside of the file system; and
upon receiving a request, from an external device, to re-upload the file into the file system:
acquire the specific information added to the file,
specify the storage location on the file system based on the specific information,
determine whether the folder identified in the specific information is same as a folder detected on the file system for storing a file having a same file ID as the file, and
upon determining that the folder identified in the specific information is not the same as the folder storing the file having the same file ID, cause a user-interface to be displayed on the external device, the displayed user-interface indicating a detected storage location corresponding to the folder storing the file having the same file ID, and including a message indicating that the folder storing the file having the same file ID is different from the folder identified in the specific information.

2. The file management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the file to be managed includes files to be managed,
the specific information of each file to be managed includes identification information capable of identifying the file to be managed, and
when a file having the same identification information as that of a file to be uploaded exists in the file system, the processor specifies a location where the file having the same identification information exists.

3. The file management device according to claim 2 , wherein
the specific information further includes version information indicating different versions of the plurality of files to which the same identification information is added, and
if a file having the same identification information as that of the file to be uploaded exists in the file system and the version information of the file to be uploaded is the same as the latest version information of the file having the same identification information, the processor updates the version information of the file to be uploaded when storing the file to be uploaded in a location where the file having the same identification information exists.

4. The file management device according to claim 2 , wherein
the specific information further includes version information indicating different versions of the plurality of files to which the same identification information is added, and
when the file having the same identification information as that of the file to be uploaded exists in the file system and the version information of the file to be uploaded is not the same as the latest version information of the file having the same identification information, the processor outputs information to that effect.

5. The file management device according to claim 2 , wherein the specific information includes location identification information capable of identifying a location where the file to be uploaded is stored before being downloaded.

6. The file management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the specific information includes path information indicating a path to a location on the file system from which the file to be managed has been downloaded to the outside of the file system, and
when the path indicated by the path information does not exist in the file system, the processor outputs information to that effect.

7. The file management device according to claim 6 , wherein when the path indicated by the path information does not exist in the file system and an upper-level part of the path still exists in the file system, the processor outputs information on the upper-level part of the path.

8. The file management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to receive specification of a storage method in re-uploading the file to the file system.

9. The file management device according to claim 8 , wherein
the file to be managed includes files to be managed by the file system,
the specific information of each file to be managed includes identification information capable of identifying the file to be managed, and
the specific information further includes version information indicating different versions of the plurality of files to which the same identification information is added,
when a file having the same identification information as that of the file downloaded from the file system exists in the file system and the version information of the file downloaded from the file system is not the same as the latest version information of the file having the same identification information, the processor
outputs information to that effect, and
receives, as the storage method, specification of any one of (i) a method of updating the version information of the file downloaded from the file system and storing the updated version information, and (ii) a method of adding new identification information to the file downloaded from the file system and storing the file as another file.

10. The file management device according to claim 8 , wherein
when the processor receives the request to re-upload the file from the external device together with specification of a storage location, the processor automatically sets the specified storage location to as the storage location of the file, and
when the processor receives the request to re-upload the file from the external device without the specification of the storage location, the processor acquires the specific information from the file and specify the storage location based on the specific information.

11. The file management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the displayed user-interface indicates the detected storage location in a tree diagram showing the folder storing the file having the same file ID and an upper-level folder in a hierarchy of folders in the file system.

12. The file management device according to claim 11 , wherein
the processor receives, from the external device, a user-selected folder in the displayed tree diagram and sets the user-selected folder as a storage destination of the file in re-uploading the file to the file system.

13. The file management device according to claim 12 , wherein
the displayed user-interface further includes an input field to specify a storage method for re-uploading the file into the file system.

14. The file management device according to claim 13 , wherein
the displayed user-interface concurrently displays (i) the tree diagram with the folder storing the file having the same file ID being highlighted, (ii) the message indicating that the folder storing the file having the same file ID is different from the folder identified in the specific information, and (iii) the input field for specifying the storage method.

15. The file management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to
upon determining that the folder identified in the specific information is the same as the folder storing the file having the same file ID, store the file in the folder identified in the specific information.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute file management processing, the file management processing comprising:
transmitting specific information to a server configured to manage files with a file system, the specific information being recorded in a file downloaded from the file sy

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Toru

Classifications

• G06F16/1873 Primary

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