INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080243831A1
• Filed: 11/20/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kunitake, Setsu
• Application Number:
  US11/942,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20080243831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/33 Querying

Abstract

A first information processing apparatus includes a registration unit that receives, from an information processing apparatus, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child and registers the information in a storage unit, and a search result output unit that, in accordance with a search instruction that specifies a designated document and a search condition including a condition that defines a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document, outputs, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.

Claims

1. A first information processing apparatus, comprising:

a registration unit that receives, from an information processing apparatus, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child and registers the information in a storage unit; and

a search result output unit that, in accordance with a search instruction that specifies a designated document and a search condition including a condition that defines a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document, outputs, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.

2. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the registration unit further receives from the information processing apparatus operation-related information that is information concerning an operation performed with respect to the first document and registers the operation-related information in the storage unit, and

the search condition further includes a condition concerning the operation-related information.

3. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the registration unit further receives from the information processing apparatus disclosure attribute information that indicates whether or not the second document is a subject of disclosure and registers the disclosure attribute information in the storage unit in association with the second document, and

the search result output unit outputs, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition and that is associated with the disclosure attribute information indicative of a subject of disclosure among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.

4. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the registration unit further receives from the information processing apparatus disclosure attribute information that indicates whether or not the second document is a subject of disclosure and registers the disclosure attribute information in the storage unit in association with the second document, and

the search result output unit outputs, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition and that is associated with the disclosure attribute information indicative of a subject of disclosure among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.

5. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing electronic documents, the process comprising:

receiving, from an information processing apparatus, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child and registering the information in a storage unit; and

in accordance with a search instruction that specifies a designated document and a search condition including a condition that defines a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document, outputting, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.

6. A second information processing apparatus, comprising:

a transmission unit that transmits, to a first information processing apparatus that stores information concerning a derivation relationship among documents, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child;

a notification condition acquisition unit that acquires a notification condition including a condition that determines a designated document and a search condition including a condition that specifies a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document; and

a search instructing unit that issues to the first information processing apparatus a search instruction that specifies the designated document and the search condition, in accordance with the notification condition acquired by the notification condition acquisition unit.

7. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the transmission unit further transmits to the first information processing apparatus operation-related information that is information concerning an operation performed with respect to the first document, and

the notification condition further includes a condition concerning the operation-related information.

8. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a time for notification of information concerning a document related to the designated document, and

the search instructing unit issues the search instruction to the first information processing apparatus at the time specified in the notification condition.

9. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a time for notification of information concerning a document related to the designated document, and

the search instructing unit issues the search instruction to the first information processing apparatus at the time specified in the notification condition.

10. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies a user of a search result provided from the first information processing apparatus,

wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a method for notification of the search result, and

the notification unit notifies the user of the search result in a manner specified in the notification condition.

11. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies a user of a search result provided from the first information processing apparatus,

wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a method for notification of the search result, and

the notification unit notifies the user of the search result in a manner specified in the notification condition.

12. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies a user of a search result provided from the first information processing apparatus,

wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a method for notification of the search result, and

the notification unit notifies the user of the search result in a manner specified in the notification condition.

13. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies a user of a search result provided from the first information processing apparatus,

wherein

the notification condition acquisition unit acquires a notification condition further including a condition that specifies a method for notification of the search result, and

the notification unit notifies the user of the search result in a manner specified in the notification condition.

14. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing electronic documents, the process comprising:

transmitting, to a first information processing apparatus that stores information concerning a derivation relationship among documents, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child;

acquiring notification condition including a condition that determines a designated document and a search condition including a condition that defines a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document; and

issuing to the first information processing apparatus a search instruction that specifies the designated document and the search condition, in accordance with the notification condition acquired by the acquiring.

15. An information processing system comprising a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus,

the second information apparatus including:

a transmission unit that transmits, to the first information processing apparatus, information of a derivation relationship in which a first document is a parent and a second document generated as a result of an operation performed with respect to the first document is a child;

a notification condition acquisition unit that acquires notification condition including a condition that determines a designated document and a search condition including a condition that specifies a derivation relationship that should exist between the designated document and a search subject document; and

a search instructing unit that issues to the first information processing apparatus a search instruction that specifies the designated document and the search condition, in accordance with the notification condition acquired by the notification condition acquisition unit, and

the first information processing apparatus including;

a registration unit that receives, from the second information processing apparatus, information of the derivation relationship and registers the information in a storage unit; and

a search result output unit that, in accordance with the search instruction, outputs, as a search result, information concerning a document that satisfies the search condition among documents included in derivation relationships registered in the storage unit.