APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS

• US 20090193325A1
• Filed: 01/22/2009
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Fume, Kosei
• Granted Patent: US 8,275,781 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A document processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts text document information from a document data; an analyzing unit that analyzes a modification relation of a character string included in the text document information; an attribute unit that assigns an attribute indicating details of the modification relation to the character string, and embeds the attribute in the text document information; a document specifying unit that specifies a document-specifying character string that specifies other text document information, using the text document information in which the attribute is embedded by the attribute unit; and a document-identification unit that assigns document identification information to the document-specifying character string, and embeds the document identification information in the text document information.

Claims

1. A document processing apparatus comprising:

an extracting unit that extracts text document information from a document data;

an analyzing unit that analyzes a modification relation of a character string included in the text document information;

an attribute unit that assigns an attribute indicating details of the modification relation to the character string, and embeds the attribute in the text document information;

a document specifying unit that specifies a document-specifying character string that specifies other text document information, using the text document information in which the attribute is embedded by the attribute unit;

a document-identification unit that assigns document identification information to the document-specifying character string, and embeds the document identification information in the text document information;

a receiving unit that receives a character string;

a determining unit that determines whether the text document information includes a document-specifying character string having the modification relation with the character string received by the receiving unit, based on the attribute and the document identification information embedded in the text document information; and

an identifying unit that identifies other text document information indicated by the document-specifying character string, when it is determined that the text document information includes the document-specifying character string.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a document obtaining unit that obtains the text document information identified by the identifying unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the document obtaining unit further obtains text document information that contains the document-specifying character string indicating the text document information that includes the character string received by the receiving unit, and text document information including the character string received by the receiving unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a type determining unit that determines a type of the text document information, and embeds the type in the text document information; and

a display unit that displays the text document information obtained by the document obtaining unit while classifying in units of the types embedded in the text document information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a candidate display unit that displays the character string to which the attribute is assigned;

a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of the character string displayed by the candidate display unit; and

a search unit that searches for the text document information including the character string selected by the selection receiving unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a candidate extracting unit that extracts the character string having a modification relation with the character string, the selection of which is received by the selection receiving unit, from each of plural pieces of the text document information retrieved by the searching unit, as a selection candidate, wherein

the candidate display unit further displays the extracted character string as the selection candidate.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a link-name-information embedding unit that embeds link identification information indicating whether another document information is indicated, in the text document information, wherein

the identifying unit identifies other text document information indicated by a document name based on the link identification information, when it is determined that the text document information includes the document name.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document-specifying character string identified by the document specifying unit is one of a document name, the document identification information for identifying the document, and a clause or phrase in the document.

9. A document processing method comprising:

extracting text document information from a document data;

analyzing a modification relation of a character string included in the text document information;

assigning an attribute indicating details of the modification relation to the character string indicated by the modification relation, and embedding the attribute in the text document information;

specifying a document-specifying character string indicating a character string that specifies other text document information, using the text document information in which the attribute is embedded in the embedding;

assigning document identification information to the document-specifying character string, and embedding the document identification information in the text document information;

receiving a character string;

determining whether the text document information includes a document-specifying character string having the modification relation with the character string, based on the attribute and the document identification information embedded in the text document information; and

identifying other text document information indicated by the document-specifying character string, when it is determined that the text document information includes the document-specifying character string.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising obtaining the text document information identified in the identifying.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the obtaining further includes obtaining of text document information that contains the document-specifying character string indicating the text document information that includes the character string received in the receiving, and text document information including the character string received in the receiving.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

determining a type of the text document information, and embedding the type in the text document information; and

displaying the text document information obtained in the document obtaining while classifying in units of the types embedded in the text document information.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

displaying as a candidate the character string to which the attribute is assigned;

receiving a selection of the character string displayed in the candidate displaying; and

searching for the text document information including the character string selected in the selection receiving.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

extracting, as a selection candidate, the character string having a modification relation with the character string, the selection of which is received in the selection receiving, from each of plural pieces of the text document information retrieved in the searching, wherein

the candidate displaying further displays the extracted character string as the selection candidate.

15. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

embedding link identification information indicating whether another document information is indicated, in the text document information, wherein

the identifying identifies other text document information indicated by a document name based on the link identification information, when it is determined that the text document information includes the document name.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the document-specifying character string identified in the document specifying is one of a document name, the document identification information for identifying the document, and a clause or phrase in the document.

17. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for processing text information, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

extracting text document information from a document data;

analyzing a modification relation of a character string included in the text document information;

assigning an attribute indicating details of the modification relation to the character string indicated by the modification relation, and embedding the attribute in the text document information;

specifying a document-specifying character string indicating a character string that specifies other text document information, using the text document information in which the attribute is embedded in the embedding;

assigning document identification information to the document-specifying character string, and embedding the document identification information in the text document information;

receiving a character string;

determining whether there is a character string including a document-specifying character string having a modification relation with the character string, based on the attribute and the document identification information embedded in the text document information; and

identifying other text document information indicated by the document-specifying character string, when it is determined that there is a character string including the document-specifying character string.

18. The product according to claim 17, wherein the instructions cause the computer to further perform obtaining the text document information identified in the identifying.

19. The product according to claim 18, wherein the obtaining further includes obtaining of text document information that contains the document-specifying character string indicating the text document information that includes the character string received in the receiving, and text document information including the character string received in the receiving.

20. The product according to claim 18, wherein the instructions cause the computer to further perform:

determining a type of the text document information, and embedding the type in the text document information; and

displaying the text document information obtained in the document obtaining while classifying in units of the types embedded in the text document information.