System and method for globally providing document access history information

• US 20040049475A1
• Filed: 09/06/2002
• Published: 03/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kidokoro, Kazuaki
• Application Number:
  US10/235,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20040049475A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A system and method for storing document access history information includes determining a type of access to a first document located on a first document server, and converting a local path address of the first document to a universal path address. First information identifying the type of access to the first document, the universal path address of the first document and an identification of a user who accessed the first document to a document history server is transmitted.

Claims

1. A method for processing document access history information, comprising:

determining a type of access to a first document located on a first document server;

converting a local path address of the first document to a universal path address; and

transmitting first information identifying the type of access to the first document, the universal path address of the first document and an identification of a user who accessed the first document to a document history server.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server;

converting a local path address of the second document to a universal path address; and

transmitting second information identifying the type of access to the second document, the universal path address of the second document and an identification of a user who accessed the second document to the document history server.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising storing the first and second information in a table stored in a storage area of the document history server.

4. A method according to claim 3, further comprising organizing the first and second information in the table according to the universal path address.

5. A method according to claim 3, further comprising organizing the first and second information in the table according to the identification of the user.

6. A method according to claim 2, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to accdess the second document.

7. A method according to claim 2, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are separate and independent computers.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are located at different locations.

9. A method according to claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting a request for information to the document history server; and

receiving a response from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

11. A method according to claim 8, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

12. A method according to claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting a request for a document to the document history server; and

receiving the requested document from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document received from the document history server is received in the format identified in the request.

14. A method for processing document access history information, comprising:

receiving first information identifying a type of access to a first document located on a first document server, a local path address of the first document, a universal path address of the first document server and an identification of a user who accessed the first document; and

storing the received first information in a table in a storage area of a document history server.

15. A method according to claim 14, further comprising:

receiving second information identifying a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server, a local path address of the second document, a universal path address of the second document server and an identification of a user who accessed the second document; and

storing the received second information in the table in the storage area of the document history server.

16. A method according to claim 15, further comprising organizing the first and second information in the table according to the universal path address.

17. A method according to claim 15, further comprising organizing the first and second information in the table according to the identification of the user.

18. A method according to claim 15, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the second document.

19. A method according to claim 15, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are separate and independent computers.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are located at different locations.

21. A method according to claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request for information at the document history server; and

transmitting a response from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

23. A method according to claim 21, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

24. A method according to claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request for a document at the document history server; and

transmitting the requested document from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document transmitted from the document history server is transmitted in the format identified in the request.

26. A computer system for processing document access history information, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to the processor, which stores a plurality of instructions executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions configured to;

determine a type of access to a first document located on a first document server;

convert a local path address of the first document to a universal path address; and

transmit first information identifying the type of access to the first document, the universal path address of the first document and an identification of a user who accessed the first document to a document history server.

27. A computer system according to claim 26, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

determine a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server;

convert a local path address of the second document to a universal path address; and

transmit second information identifying the type of access to the second document, the universal path address of the second document and an identification of a user who accessed the second document to the document history server.

28. A computer system according to claim 27, wherein the first and second information are stored in a table stored in a storage area of the document history server.

29. A computer system according to claim 28, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the second document.

30. A computer system according to claim 28, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are separate and independent computers.

31. A computer system according to claim 28, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

transmit a request for information to the document history server; and

receive a response from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

32. A computer system according to claim 31, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

33. A computer system according to claim 31, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

34. A computer system according to claim 28, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

transmit a request for a document to the document history server; and

receive the requested document from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

35. A computer system according to claim 34, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document received from the document history server is received in the format identified in the request.

36. A computer system for processing document access history information, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to the processor, which stores a plurality of instructions executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions configured to;

receive first information identifying a type of access to a first document located on a first document server, a local path address of the first document, a universal path address of the first document server and an identification of a user who accessed the first document; and

store the received first information in a table in a storage area of the computer system.

37. A computer system according to claim 36, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

receive second information identifying a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server, a local path address of the second document, a universal path address of the second document server and an identification of a user who accessed the second document; and

store the received second information in the table in the storage area of the computer system.

38. A computer system according to claim 37, the memory further comprising an instruction configured to organize the first and second information in the table according to the universal path address.

39. A computer system according to claim 37, the memory further comprising an instruction configured to organize the first and second information in the table according to the identification of the user.

40. A computer system according to claim 37, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the second document.

41. A computer system according to claim 37, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

receive a request for information; and

transmit a response based on the information stored in the table in accordance with the request.

42. A computer system according to claim 41, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

43. A computer system according to claim 41, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

44. A computer system according to claim 37, the memory further comprising instructions configured to:

receive a request for a document; and

transmit the requested document based on the information stored in the table in accordance with the request.

45. A computer system according to claim 44, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document is transmitted in the format identified in the request.

46. A computer readable medium operable on a computer system configured to process document access history information, the computer readable medium configured to:

determine a type of access to a first document located on a first document server;

convert a local path address of the first document to a universal path address; and

transmit first information identifying the type of access to the first document, the universal path address of the first document and an identification of a user who accessed the first document to a document history server.

47. A computer readable medium according to claim 46, further configured to:

determine a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server;

convert a local path address of the second document to a universal path address; and

transmit second information identifying the type of access to the second document, the universal path address of the second document and an identification of a user who accessed the second document to the document history server.

48. A computer readable medium according to claim 47, wherein the first and second information are stored in a table stored in a storage area of the document history server.

49. A computer readable medium according to claim 47, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the second document.

50. A computer readable medium according to claim 47, wherein the first document server, the second document server and the document history server are separate and independent computers.

51. A computer readable medium according to claim 48, further configured to:

transmit a request for information to the document history server; and

receive a response from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

52. A computer readable medium according to claim 51, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

53. A computer readable medium according to claim 51, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

54. A computer readable medium according to claim 48, further configured to:

transmit a request for a document to the document history server; and

receive the requested document from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

55. A computer readable medium according to claim 54, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document received from the document history server is received in the format identified in the request.

56. A computer readable medium operable on a computer system configured to process document access history information, the computer readable medium configured to:

receive first information identifying a type of access to a first document located on a first document server, a local path address of the first document, a universal path address of the first document server and an identification of a user who accessed the first document; and

store the received first information in a table in a storage area of the computer system.

57. A computer readable medium according to claim 56, further configured to:

receive second information identifying a type of access to a second document located on a second document server different from the first document server, a local path address of the second document, a universal path address of the second document server and an identification of a user who accessed the second document; and

store the received second information in a table in a storage area of the computer system.

58. A computer readable medium according to claim 57, further configured to organize the first and second information in the table according to the universal path address.

59. A computer readable medium according to claim 57, further configured to organize the first and second information in the table according to the identification of the user.

60. A computer readable medium according to claim 57, wherein the first information further includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the first document, and the second information includes information identifying a protocol used by the user to access the second document.

61. A computer readable medium according to claim 57, further configured to:

receive a request for information at the document history server; and

transmit a response from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

62. A computer readable medium according to claim 61, wherein the request for information includes one of a request for a list of documents accessed by a particular user, a request for a list of documents accessed at one of the first and second document servers in a particular time period, and a request for an access history of one of the first and second documents.

63. A computer readable medium according to claim 61, wherein the request includes information identifying the type of information desired from the table, a location to which to transmit the requested information, a protocol for transmitting the requested information, and a format for the requested information.

64. A computer readable medium according to claim 57, further configured to:

receive a request for a document at the document history server; and

transmit the requested document from the document history server based on the information stored in the table in the document history server in accordance with the request.

65. A computer readable medium according to claim 64, wherein the request includes information identifying a supported format for viewing the document, and the requested document transmitted from the document history server is transmitted in the format identified in the request.