Document processing system
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Abstract
A document processing system and method are disclosed which are capable of performing inverse retrieval in response to a request issued by a user and providing retrieved document data to the user. Characteristic information indicating a specified electronic document or category is transmitted from a terminal device to a document providing device. The document providing device retrieves electronic documents related to the characteristic information from electronic documents stored in a database. Information about the retrieved electronic documents, such as electronic documents themselves or a list of the retrieved electronic documents, is transmitted from the document providing device to the terminal device.
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84 Claims
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1-40. -40. (canceled)
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41. A document processing system comprising:
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a document providing unit for providing an electronic document;
an authoring unit; and
a document server including a database for storing said electronic document and an identifier of said electronic document, said document providing unit comprising transmission means for transmitting a set of said electronic document and said identifier or only said identifier to said authoring unit, said authoring unit comprising;
a receiver;
a transmitter;
authoring means for adding to said electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and
control means for controlling said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver such that when the set of said electronic document and the identifier or only said identifier is received via said receiver, said control means controls said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver depending upon the content of the received data so as to store the tagged electronic document associated with the electronic document in the database of said document server. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An authoring apparatus comprising:
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a receiver;
a transmitter;
authoring means for adding to said electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and
control means for controlling said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver in such a manner that when a set of an electronic document and an associated identifier or only an identifier is received via said receiver, said control means controls said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver depending upon the content of the received data such that a tagged electronic document associated with said electronic document is transmitted via said transmitter to a document server having a database and said tagged electronic document is stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A document processing method for a document processing system comprising a document providing unit for providing an electronic document, an authoring unit, and a document server including a database for storing said electronic document and an identifier of said electronic document, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a set of said electronic document and said identifier or only said identifier to said authoring unit from said document providing unit;
when the set of said electronic document and the identifier or only said identifier is transmitted to said authoring unit in said transmission step, performing, in said authoring unit, an authoring process depending upon the content of the data transmitted to said authoring unit such that a tagged electronic document associated with said electronic document is stored in the database of said document server. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A storage medium including a computer-controllable program stored thereon, said program comprising the steps of:
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adding to an electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and
when a set of an electronic document and an associated identifier or only an identifier is received from a document providing unit, performing an authoring process depending upon the content of the received data such that a tagged electronic document associated with the electronic document is transmitted to a document server having a database and said tagged electronic document is stored in said database.
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60. A document processing system comprising a user terminal, an authoring unit for producing a tagged electronic document by adding to an electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document, and a service providing unit including a database for storing an electronic document or a tagged electronic document,
said user terminal comprising: -
a transmitter;
control means for transmitting, to said service providing unit via said transmitter, specification information specifying an electronic document and request information indicating a request for a tagged electronic document including a tag indicating the structure of the electronic document specified by said request information; and
a receiver for receiving the tagged electronic document transmitted from said service providing unit;
said service providing unit comprising;
a receiver;
a transmitter;
data presence detecting means for determining, when said receiver receives said request information, whether said database includes said tagged electronic document of the electronic document specified by said specification information; and
control means for, when said data presence detecting means has determined that said database includes said tagged electronic document of the electronic document specified by said specification information, reading said tagged electronic document from said database and transmitting it to said user terminal via the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A terminal device comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting information to a service providing device;
control means for transmitting, to said service providing device via said transmitter, specification information specifying an electronic document and request information indicating a request for a tagged electronic document including a tag indicating the structure of the electronic document specified by said request information; and
a receiver for receiving the tagged electronic document which is transmitted from said service providing device in response to said request information and said specification information. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A service providing device comprising:
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a database for storing electronic documents or tagged electronic documents;
a receiver for receiving, from a terminal device, specification information specifying an electronic document and request information indicating a request for a tagged electronic document including a tag indicating the structure of the electronic document specified by said request information;
a transmitter;
data presence detecting means for determining, when said receiver receives said request information, whether said database includes said tagged electronic document of the electronic document specified by said specification information; and
control means for, when said data presence detecting means has determined that said database includes said tagged electronic document of the electronic document specified by said specification information, reading said tagged electronic document from said database and transmitting it to said terminal device via the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84-99. -99. (canceled)
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