SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DOCUMENTS

• US 20070136260A1
• Filed: 02/15/2007
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Minoru Aoshima, Shogo Hyakutake, Yuki Uchida
• Original Assignee: Minoru Aoshima, Shogo Hyakutake, Yuki Uchida
• Inventors: Hyakutake, Shogo, Aoshima, Minoru, UCHIDA, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US11/675,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data, format documents, generate and issue unified bills from a plurality of bills from a plurality of ASPs. The document manager can provide consulting advice to the user regarding document managing, and can manage the documents stored on a user storage device, for example by transferring these documents to a ASP storage device after storage time periods associated with the documents.

Claims

1. A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:

receiving a request from a remote user;

selecting an application service provider based on said request;

forwarding said request to said application service provider; and

receiving information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user.