INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20090282492A1
• Filed: 05/10/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US12/463,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20090282492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices

Abstract

A main control unit acquires a security attribute of object data and a security attribute of a storage destination directory and compares the acquired security attributes. The main control unit determines whether target object data is storable based on the comparison result. If the main control unit determines that the target object data is not storable, the main control unit presents alternative options.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

a presenting unit configured to present, at the time of execution of processing on the document displayed by the display control unit, second object data different from first object data when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing executed on the document is storage of the document displayed by the display control unit, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to a storage destination of the document.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing executed on the document is printing of the document displayed by the display control unit, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to a print setting employed at the time of printing.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing executed on the document is transmission of the document displayed by the display control unit as mail, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to address information.

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

a control unit configured to control the processing executed on the document when the result of comparison of the security level corresponding to the content of the processing and the security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document,

wherein the control unit controls the processing executed on the document, including the second object data presented by the presenting unit instead of the first object data, displayed by the display control unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the presenting unit presents, at the time of execution of the processing on the document displayed by the display control unit, third object data that permits the processing on the document including the first object data to be executed when the result of comparison of the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document and the security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document, and

wherein the control unit controls the processing executed on the document, including the first object data and the third object data presented by the presenting unit, displayed by the display control unit.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

a presenting unit configured to present, at the time of execution of processing on the document displayed by the display control unit, second processing content different from first processing content when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit indicates that the security level of the object data included in the document displayed by the display control unit is higher than the security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document.

8. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

presenting, at the time of execution of processing on the displayed document, second object data different from first object data when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the first object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the processing executed on the document is storage of the displayed document, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to a storage destination of the document.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the processing executed on the document is printing of the displayed document, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to a print setting employed at the time of printing.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the processing executed on the document is transmission of the displayed document as mail, and

wherein the security level corresponding to the content of the processing indicates a security level corresponding to address information.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

controlling the processing executed on the document when the result of comparison of the security level corresponding to the content of the processing and the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document,

wherein controlling the processing executed on the displayed document includes the presented second object data instead of the first object data.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein presenting includes, at the time of execution of the processing on the displayed document, third object data that permits the processing on the document including the first object data to be executed when the result of comparison of the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document and the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document, and

wherein controlling the processing executed on the displayed document includes the first object data and the presented third object data.

14. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

presenting, at the time of execution of processing on the displayed document, second processing content different from first processing content when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for realizing an information processing method, the method comprising:

displaying a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

presenting, at the time of execution of processing on the displayed document, second object data different from first object data when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the first object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the first object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the content of the processing to be executed on the document.

16. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for realizing an information processing method, the method comprising:

displaying a document created using object data to which a security level is set as attribute information; and

presenting, at the time of execution of processing on the displayed document, second processing content different from first processing content when a result of comparison of a security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document and a security level of the object data included in the displayed document indicates that the security level of the object data included in the displayed document is higher than the security level corresponding to the first processing content of the processing to be executed on the document.