DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A document processing system, comprising:
- a document management apparatus adapted to execute a processing task according to a job flow that defines an execution order of a plurality of processing tasks; and
a document property management apparatus adapted to manage a property of a document, wherein the document management apparatus comprises;
a document input unit;
a job flow processing unit adapted to execute each respective processing task that is included in the job flow that has been directed for execution, according to the job flow, on a document that is inputted via the document input unit;
an output unit connected to the job flow processing unit, and adapted to perform an output processing on the document that is processed by the job flow processing unit, according to the job flow that has been directed for execution;
a document property acquiring unit adapted to acquire a property of the document from the document property management apparatus when the document is inputted; and
a change unit adapted to change either a processing content of the processing task that the job flow processing unit executes, or an output content of the output unit, according to the property of the document that the document property acquiring unit acquires.
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Abstract
A document processing system comprises a document management apparatus, which executes processing tasks on a document according to a job flow that defines the sequence by which the tasks are to be executed, and a document property management apparatus, which manages properties of the document. The document management apparatus executes processes within the processing tasks on a document that is inputted into the document management apparatus, and performs output processing on the document, according to the job flow that the user has directed for execution. The document management apparatus obtains the properties of the document from the document property management apparatus when the document is inputted, and changes the content of either the process or the output according to the properties in question.
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13 Claims
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1. A document processing system, comprising:
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a document management apparatus adapted to execute a processing task according to a job flow that defines an execution order of a plurality of processing tasks; and
a document property management apparatus adapted to manage a property of a document, wherein the document management apparatus comprises;
a document input unit;
a job flow processing unit adapted to execute each respective processing task that is included in the job flow that has been directed for execution, according to the job flow, on a document that is inputted via the document input unit;
an output unit connected to the job flow processing unit, and adapted to perform an output processing on the document that is processed by the job flow processing unit, according to the job flow that has been directed for execution;
a document property acquiring unit adapted to acquire a property of the document from the document property management apparatus when the document is inputted; and
a change unit adapted to change either a processing content of the processing task that the job flow processing unit executes, or an output content of the output unit, according to the property of the document that the document property acquiring unit acquires. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A document processing method by a document processing system comprising:
- a document management apparatus adapted to executing a processing task according to a job flow that defines an execution order of a plurality of processing tasks; and
a document property management apparatus adapted to managing a property of a document, said method comprising;
an input step of inputting a document into the document management apparatus;
a job flow processing step of executing each respective processing task that is included in the job flow that has been directed for execution, according to the job flow, on a document that is inputted via the input step, on the document management apparatus;
an output step of performing an output processing on the document that is processed by the job flow processing step, according to the job flow that has been directed for execution, on the document management apparatus;
a document property acquiring step of acquiring a property of the document from the document property management apparatus when the document is inputted, on the document management apparatus; and
a changing step of changing a processing content of the processing task that the job flow processing step executes, or an output content of the output step, according to the property of the document that the document property acquiring step acquires, on the document management apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a document management apparatus adapted to executing a processing task according to a job flow that defines an execution order of a plurality of processing tasks; and
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13. A computer-readable memory storing a control program that makes a computer function as a document processing apparatus adapted to executing a processing task on a document, according to a job flow that defines an execution order of a plurality of processing tasks, the program on the computer comprising:
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an input step of inputting a document;
a job flow processing step of executing each respective processing task that is included in the job flow that has been directed for execution, according to the job flow, on a document that is inputted in the input step;
an output step of performing an output processing on the document that is processed by the job flow processing step, according to the job flow that has been directed for execution;
a document property acquiring step acquiring a property of the document from the document property management apparatus when the document is inputted; and
a changing step of changing a processing content of the processing task that the job flow processing step executes, or an output content of the output step, according to the property of the document that the document property acquiring step acquires.
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