Document data processing device, document data list provision method and computer program product

• US 20070239690A1
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Hideyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/607,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20070239690A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A method and device is provided which allows users to easily confirm which document data is saved even in an environment where document data are distributed and saved on plural devices. An image forming device is provided with a box management portion for managing a box where document data is saved, a document list request receiving portion for receiving a request for a list of the document data, a document list collection portion for collecting, based on the received request, the list of the document data saved in the box as well as the document data saved in other image forming device and a document list transmitting portion for sending the collected list to the user who made the request.

Claims

1. A document data processing device performing processing related to document data, the device comprising:

a data saving portion for saving the document data;

a list request receiving portion for receiving a request for a list of the document data; and

a list providing portion for performing list provision processing for providing a user who has made the request with a first list and a second list based on the request received by the list request receiving portion, the first list being a list of the document data saved in the data saving portion and the second list being a list of document data saved in other document data processing device.

2. The document data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the list providing portion performs the list provision processing by receiving, from the other document data processing device, information of the document data saved in the other document data processing device and by sending the first list and the second list including the information thus received to the user who has made the request.

3. The document data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the list providing portion performs the list provision processing by sending the first list from the document data processing device itself to the user who has made the request and by letting the other document data processing device send the second list to the user who has made the request.

4. The document data processing device according to claim 1,

wherein

the data saving portion is provided with a storage area for saving the document data for each user, and

the list providing portion performs the list provision processing so as to provide the user who has made the request with the first list of the document data saved in the storage area of the user who has made the request and the second list of document data saved in a storage area, provided in the other document data processing device, of the user who has made the request.

5. A document data processing device performing processing related to document data, the device comprising:

a data saving portion for saving the document data of a first user who is a user primarily using the document data processing device;

a list request receiving portion for receiving a request for a list of the document data from the first user;

a list providing portion for performing list provision processing for providing the first user who has made the request with a first list and a second list based on the request received by the list request receiving portion, the first list being a list of the document data saved in the data saving portion and the second list being a list of document data saved in other document data processing device;

a list request receiving proxy portion for receiving the request from a second user who is a user primarily using other document data processing device in place of the other document data processing device; and

a list provision proxy portion for performing list provision proxy processing, in place of the other document data processing device primarily used by the second user who has made the request, for providing the second user with a third list and a fourth list based on the request received by the list request receiving proxy portion, the third list being a list of the document data saved in the other document data processing device and the fourth list being a list of document data saved in a document data processing device except for the other document data processing device.

6. The document data processing device according to claim 5, wherein the list providing portion performs the list provision processing by receiving, from the other document data processing device, information of the document data saved in the other document data processing device and by sending the first list and the second list including the information thus received to the first user who has made the request.

7. The document data processing device according to claim 5, wherein the list providing portion performs the list provision processing by sending the first list from the document data processing device itself to the first user who has made the request and by letting the other document data processing device send the second list to the first user who has made the request.

8. The document data processing device according to claim 5,

wherein

the data saving portion is provided with a storage area for saving the document data for each of the first users, and

the list providing portion performs the list provision processing so as to provide the first user who has made the request with the first list of the document data saved in the storage area of the first user who has made the request and the second list of document data saved in a storage area, provided in the other document data processing device, of the first user who has made the request.

9. The document data processing device according to claim 5, further comprising

an other device saved data list obtaining portion for obtaining, from the other document data processing device that the second user uses primarily, an other device saved data list that is a list of the document data saved in the other document data processing device,

wherein the list provision proxy portion performs the list provision proxy processing based on the other device saved data list of the other document data processing device primarily used by the second user who has made the request.

10. The document data processing device according to claim 9, wherein the other device saved data list obtaining portion obtains, from the other document data processing device that the second user uses primarily, as the other device saved data list, the list of the document data saved in a storage area of the second user provided in the other document data processing device.

11. A document data list provision method for providing a list of document data saved in plural devices on a network, the method comprising:

making any of the devices on the network perform processing for receiving a request for the list of the document data; and

making any of the devices on the network perform processing for providing, based on the received request, a user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the device itself and a list of document data saved in other device.

12. A document data list provision method for providing a list of document data saved in plural devices on a network, the method comprising:

making any of the devices on the network perform processing for receiving a request for the list of the document data;

when the request is received from a user who uses the device primarily, making any of the devices on the network perform processing, based on the request, for providing the user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the device as well as a list of document data saved in other device; and

when the request is received from a user who uses the other device primarily, making any of the devices on the network perform processing, based on the request, for providing the user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the other device as well as a list of document data saved in a device except for the other device.

13. A computer program product for use in a computer that provides a list of document data saved in plural devices on a network, the computer program product letting the computer execute the processes comprising:

receiving a request for the list of the document data; and

providing, based on the received request, a user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the computer itself and a list of document data saved in other device.

14. A computer program product for use in a computer that provides a list of document data saved in plural devices on a network, the computer program product letting the computer execute the processes comprising:

receiving a request for the list of the document data;

when the request is received from a user who uses the computer primarily, making any of the devices on the network perform processing, based on the request, for providing the user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the computer as well as a list of document data saved in other device; and

when the request is received from a user who uses the other device primarily, making any of the devices on the network perform processing, based on the request, for providing the user who has made the request with the list of the document data saved in the other device as well as a list of document data saved in a device except for the other device.