Method, apparatus, and program for data management

• US 20050102252A1
• Filed: 09/25/2003
• Published: 05/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Yukinori
• Granted Patent: US 7,620,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32112 in a separate computer file, document page or paper sheet, e.g. a fax cover sheet H04N1/32122 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

Original data and derivative data are managed securely and conveniently. A processing unit of a computer 1 whose IP address is J1 sends a file A as a file A1 to a Web server (whose URL is URL-100) of another computer 100, via the Internet. A file management unit generates accompanying information comprising link information “file A1, URL-100” and processing content information “copying” for the file A, and generates accompanying information comprising link information “file A, IP address J1” and processing content information “copied from file A” for the file A1. An attachment unit attaches the accompanying information to the files A and A1.

Claims

1. A data management method for managing original data and derivative data by relating the original data and the derivative data, the derivative data being generated through editing processing on the original data, the data management method comprising the steps of:

generating link information for linking the original data and the derivative data and editing information representing the content of the editing processing; and

attaching the link information and the editing information to the original data and the derivative data as accompanying information thereof.

2. A data management apparatus for managing original data and derivative data by relating the original data and the derivative data, the derivative data being generated through editing processing on the original data, the data management apparatus comprising:

accompanying information generation means for generating accompanying information comprising link information for linking the original data and the derivative data and editing information representing the content of the editing processing; and

accompanying information attaching means for attaching the accompanying information generated by the accompanying information generation means to the original data and the derivative data.

3. A program for causing a computer to execute steps of managing original data and derivative data by relating the original data and the derivative data, the derivative data being generated through editing processing on the original data, the program comprising the steps of:

generating link information for linking the original data and the derivative data and editing information representing the content of the editing processing; and

attaching the link information and the editing information to the original data and the derivative data as accompanying information thereof.

4. A computer readable recording medium storing thereon a program for causing a computer to execute steps of managing original data and derivative data by relating the original data and the derivative data, the derivative data being generated through editing processing on the original data, the program comprising the steps of:

generating link information for linking the original data and the derivative data and editing information representing the content of the editing processing; and

attaching the link information and the editing information to the original data and the derivative data as accompanying information thereof.