Work information generation system

• US 20070171462A1
• Filed: 07/25/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hattori, Hiroyuki, Hirose, Yoshitsugu, Ishikawa, Hiroshi, Koshimizu, Minoru, Tokai, Kiwame, Shimada, Toshiroh, Sasaki, Shigehiko, Shoya, Tomoyuki, Hasegawa, Sho
• Granted Patent: US 8,284,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/135 Liquid crystal cells structurally associated with a photoconducting or a ferro-electric layer, the properties of which can be optically or electrically varied G02F1/133348 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A work information generation system includes: a plurality of terminals that display a document; and a server that conducts communications with the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals includes a notification section that sends notification of identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of a document in association with each other to the server in response to display of the document, and wherein the server includes: a determination section; a work information generation section; and a work information retention section as described in the specification.

Claims

1. A work information generation system comprising:

a plurality of terminals that display a document; and

a server that conducts communications with the plurality of terminals,

wherein each of the plurality of terminals comprises a notification section that sends notification of identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of a document in association with each other to the server in response to display of the document, and

wherein the server comprises;

a determination section that determines that the same document is displayed satisfying a predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals based on the notification received from each of the plurality of terminals;

a work information generation section that generates work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to the predetermined condition in association with each other in response to determining that the same document is displayed satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals; and

a work information retention section that records and retains the generated work information.

2. The work information generation system according to claim 1,

wherein the server further comprises a reception time determination section that determines a reception time of the notification received from each of the plurality of terminals, and

wherein the determination section determines reception of the notification of display of the same document from the plurality of terminals within a given time using the reception time as the predetermined condition.

3. The work information generation system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of terminals further comprises a display time determination section that determines a document display time and causes the notification section to send notification of the document display time, and

wherein the determination section determines display of the same document within a given time at the plurality of terminals using the document display time as the predetermined condition.

4. The work information generation system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of terminals further comprises a location determination section that acquires location information of each of the plurality of terminals and causes the notification section to send notification of the location information, and

wherein the determination section determines display of the same document at the plurality of terminals positioned at locations within a given range using the location information as the predetermined condition.

5. The work information generation system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of terminals further comprises a manipulation acceptance section that accepts manipulation on the document and causes the notification section to send notification of information involved in the manipulation, and

wherein the work information generation section generates work information by associating the information involved in the manipulation with the identification information of the document.

6. The work information generation system according to claim 2,

wherein the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals is identification information of a user of each of the plurality of terminals, the work information generation system further comprising:

a schedule management unit that manages schedule information containing a job, an execution scheduled time of the job and identification information of an execution scheduled user of the job in association with each other,

wherein the server further comprises a performance situation determination section that determines a job performance situation based on the time and the user identification information contained in the work information and the schedule information.

14. The work information generation system according to claim 3,

wherein the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals is identification information of a user of each of the plurality of terminals, the work information generation system further comprising:

a schedule management unit that manages schedule information containing a job, an execution scheduled time of the job and identification information of an execution scheduled user of the job in association with each other,

wherein the server further comprises a performance situation determination section that determines a job performance situation based on the time and the user identification information contained in the work information and the schedule information.

7. A server for receiving notification from a plurality of terminals in response to display of a document and performing work information generation processing, the server comprising:

a determination section that determines that the same document is displayed satisfying a predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals based on notification received from each of the plurality of terminals, wherein the notification contains identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of the document displayed at each of the plurality of terminals in association with each other;

a work information generation section that generates work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to the predetermined condition in association with each other in response to determining that the same document is displayed satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals; and

a work information retention section that records and retains the generated work information.

8. A terminal for sending notification to a server in response to display of a document, the terminal comprising:

a notification section that sends notification of identification information given to the terminal and identification information of the document in association with each other to the server in response to display of the document at the terminal, in order for the server to generate, record and retain work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of a plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to a predetermined condition in association with each other based on display of the same document satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising:

a connection section that connects an electronic paper having a display section for holding display of a document image in a no-power supply state; and

a write section that displays a document image on the connected electronic paper,

wherein the notification section sends notification of the identification information given to the terminal and the identification information of the document in association with each other to the server in response to display of the document image on the connected electronic paper by the write section.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising:

a connection section that connects an electronic paper having a display section for holding display of a document image in a no-power supply state and a storage section for storing the identification information of the document; and

a read section that reads the identification information of the document from the connected electronic paper,

wherein the notification section sends notification of the identification information given to the terminal and the identification information of the document read from the electronic paper in association with each other to the server in response to connection of the electronic paper.

11. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for receiving notification from a plurality of terminals in response to display of a document and performing work information generation processing, the process comprising:

determining that the same document is displayed satisfying a predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals based on notification received from each of the plurality of terminals, wherein the notification contains identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of the document displayed at each of the plurality of terminals in association with each other;

generating work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to the predetermined condition in association with each other in response to determining that the same document is displayed satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals; and

recording and retaining the generated work information.

12. A work information generation method executed by a plurality of terminals for displaying a document and a server for conducting communications with the plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

sending notification of identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of the document in association with each other to the server in response to display of the document;

determining that the same document is displayed satisfying a predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals based on the notification received from each of the plurality of terminals;

generating work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to the predetermined condition in association with each other in response to determining that the same document is displayed satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals; and

recording and retaining the generated work information.

13. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for receiving notification from a plurality of terminals in response to display of a document and performing work information generation processing, the process comprising:

determining that the same document is displayed satisfying a predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals based on notification received from each of the plurality of terminals, wherein the notification contains identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of the document displayed at each of the plurality of terminals in association with each other;

generating work information containing the identification information of the document, the identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals displaying the document and information relating to the predetermined condition in association with each other in response to determining that the same document is displayed satisfying the predetermined condition at the plurality of terminals; and

recording and retaining the generated work information.