Groupware

• US 20040210753A1
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Naoya, Goshima, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US10/473,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20040210753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide groupware that reduces the burden of operation upon the user. The groupware according to the present invention operates upon a stipulated OS and permits usage by various users upon login and comprises: means of changing the parameters of stipulated applications associated to said groupware depending on the username at the time of login and means of returning said parameters of said stipulated applications at the time of logoff to their state prior to said login. With the present invention, parameters of the stipulated applications are changed depending on the username at the time of login, so there is no need for the users to change various settings and the like manually themselves, thus lessening the burden of operation. In addition, these parameters are returned to their original states at the time of logoff, so they do not affect the next user.

Claims

1. Groupware that operates upon a stipulated OS and permits usage by various users upon login, said groupware comprising:

means of changing the parameters of stipulated applications associated to said groupware depending on the username at the time of login and means of returning said parameters of said stipulated applications at the time of logoff to their state prior to said login.

5. Groupware according to claim 1, wherein said parameters define the folder specified as the default destination of saving when a file save is specified with respect to said stipulated applications.

2. Groupware that operates upon a stipulated OS and permits usage by various users upon login, said groupware comprising:

means of changing the parameters of stipulated applications associated to said groupware in response to a login with a first username and means of changing the parameters of said stipulated applications to a second content different from said first content in response to a login with a second username.

6. Groupware according to claim 2, wherein said parameters define the folder specified as the default destination of saving when a file save is specified with respect to said stipulated applications.

3. Groupware that operates upon a stipulated OS and permits usage by various users upon login, said groupware comprising:

means of saving the parameters of stipulated applications associated to said groupware at the time of a login and means of changing the parameters of said stipulated applications depending on the username after said saving is performed.

7. Groupware according to claim 3, wherein said parameters define the folder specified as the default destination of saving when a file save is specified with respect to said stipulated applications.

4. Groupware that operates upon a stipulated OS and permits usage by various users upon login, said groupware comprising:

means of getting from a server parameters corresponding to the username, means of replacing parameters of stipulated applications associated to said groupware with the parameters thus gotten, means of changing the content of the parameters thus replaced based on the operation of the user logging in, and means of saving said changed parameters on said server at the time of a logoff

8. Groupware according to claim 4, wherein said parameters define the folder specified as the default destination of saving when a file save is specified with respect to said stipulated applications.