Information-processing apparatus and method for processing document

• US 20050273699A1
• Filed: 06/02/2005
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Oi, Hirokazu
• Granted Patent: US 7,778,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A document processing apparatus is provided to facilitate document management concerning update and registration of documents. The document processing apparatus includes a destination-obtaining unit for analyzing a document and obtaining destination information from the analyzed document and a notification unit for notifying a destination based on the obtained destination information. The destination is notified about a registration or an update of the document stored in a storage device.

Claims

1. A document-processing apparatus for processing a document, the document-processing apparatus comprising:

a destination-obtaining unit configured to analyze a document and obtain destination information from the analyzed document; and

a notification unit configured to notify a destination based on the obtained destination information, the destination being notified about a registration or an update of the document stored in a storage device.

2. The document-processing apparatus for processing a document according to claim 1, further comprising:

a determining unit configured to determine whether a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is stored in the storage device;

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination about the update of the document when the determining unit determines that a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document has been stored in the storage device, and

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination about the registration of the document when the determining unit determines that a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is not stored in the storage device.

3. The document-processing apparatus for processing a document according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification-condition obtaining unit configured to obtain a notification condition for notifying the destination included in the analyzed document; and

a condition-determining unit configured to determine whether an updated portion of the analyzed document determined by comparing the analyzed document and a document of the pre-update version of the analyzed document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the notification unit is configured to notify the destination when the condition-determining unit determines that the notification condition has been satisfied.

4. The document-processing apparatus for processing a document according to claim 3, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a file linked to the document.

5. The document-processing apparatus for processing a document according to claim 3, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a range indicated in the document.

6. A method for processing a document, the method comprising steps of:

analyzing a document;

obtaining destination information from the analyzed document; and

notifying a destination based on the obtained destination information about a registration or an update of the document stored in a storage device.

7. The method for processing a document according to claim 6, further comprising a step of:

determining whether a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is stored in the storage device;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the document in the notifying step when a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is determined to be stored in the storage device in the determining step, and

wherein the destination is notified about the registration of the document in the notifying step when a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is determined not to be stored in the storage device in the determining step.

8. The method for processing a document according to claim 6, further comprising steps of:

obtaining a notification condition for notifying the destination included in the analyzed document; and

determining whether an updated portion of the analyzed document determined by comparing the analyzed document and a document of the pre-update version of the analyzed document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the document when the notification condition has been determined to satisfy the notification condition in the determining step.

9. The method for processing a document according to claim 8, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a file linked to the document.

10. The method for processing a document according to claim 8, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a range indicated in the document.

11. A document processing program for carrying out a method for processing a document, the method comprising steps of:

analyzing a document;

obtaining destination information from the analyzed document; and

notifying a destination based on the obtained destination information about a registration or an update of the document stored in a storage device.

12. The document processing program for carrying out a method for processing a document according to claim 11, the method further comprising the step of:

determining whether a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is stored on the storage device;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the document in the notifying step when a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is determined to be stored in the storage device in the determining step, and

wherein the destination is notified about the registration of the document in the notifying step when a document of a pre-update version of the analyzed document is determined not to be stored in the storage device in the determining step.

13. The document processing program for carrying out a method for processing a document according to claim 11, the method further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a notification condition for notifying the destination included in the analyzed document; and

determining whether the updated portion of the analyzed document determined by comparing the analyzed document and a document of the pre-update version of the analyzed document satisfies the notification condition for notifying the destination;

wherein the destination is notified about the update of the document when the notification condition has been determined to satisfy the notification condition in the determining step.

14. The document processing program for carrying out a method for processing a document according to claim 13, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a file linked to the document.

15. The document processing program for carrying out a method for processing a document according to claim 13, wherein the notification condition is that the updated portion of the analyzed document is a range indicated in the document.