Method and apparatus for managing information, and computer program product
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1. An apparatus for managing information, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores therein area correspondence information in which area information included in an area constituting each page of document information is associated with relation information indicating a relation between the document information, the page, and the area information;
an area extracting unit that extracts the area information from the page of the document information for each area of different types arranged on the page;
a relation extracting unit that extracts relation information indicating a relation between the area information extracted by the area extracting unit and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information; and
a registering unit that registers the area information extracted by the area extracting unit and the relation information extracted by the relation extracting unit in the area correspondence information in association with each other.
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An area extracting unit extracts area information from a page of document information for each area of different types arranged on the page. A relation extracting unit extracts relation information indicating a relation between the area information and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information. A registering unit registers the area information and the relation information in area correspondence information stored in a storage unit in association with each other.
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1. An apparatus for managing information, comprising:
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a storage unit that stores therein area correspondence information in which area information included in an area constituting each page of document information is associated with relation information indicating a relation between the document information, the page, and the area information; an area extracting unit that extracts the area information from the page of the document information for each area of different types arranged on the page; a relation extracting unit that extracts relation information indicating a relation between the area information extracted by the area extracting unit and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information; and a registering unit that registers the area information extracted by the area extracting unit and the relation information extracted by the relation extracting unit in the area correspondence information in association with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of managing information, comprising:
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area extracting including extracting area information from a page of document information for each area of different types arranged on the page; relation extracting including extracting relation information indicating a relation between the area information extracted at the area extracting and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information; and registering the area information extracted at the area extracting and the relation information extracted at the relation extracting in area correspondence information stored in a storage unit in association with each other. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium that when executed cause a computer to execute:
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area extracting including extracting area information from a page of document information for each area of different types arranged on the page; relation extracting including extracting relation information indicating a relation between the area information extracted at the area extracting and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information; and registering the area information extracted at the area extracting and the relation information extracted at the relation extracting in area correspondence information stored in a storage unit in association with each other. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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