DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A document management system configured to execute operations including managing document information, generating display data for displaying a content of the document information, and printing the document information according to an instruction issued by a user via a web browser of a client apparatus configured to execute display according to the generated display data, the document management system comprising:
- a user attribute storage unit configured to store a user attribute of the user;
a first history storage unit configured, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, to store identification information for identifying the document information and print setting information used in printing the document information in association with each other;
a second history storage unit configured, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, to store the print setting information used in printing the document information and the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information with the print setting information in association with each other;
a user attribute comparison unit configured, when the user issues an instruction for printing the document information via the web browser of the client apparatus, to identify the print setting information stored on the first history storage unit in association with the identification information for identifying the document information whose printing has been instructed, identify the user attribute stored on the second history storage unit in association with the identified print setting information, and compare the identified user attribute with the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information, which is stored in the user attribute storage unit; and
a determination unit configured to determine print setting information to be used in printing the document information whose printing has been instructed by the user from among the print setting information stored on the second history storage unit according to a result of the comparison by the user attribute comparison unit.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
According to an instruction issued by a user for printing document information via a web browser of a client PC, a main control unit of an information processing apparatus included in a document management system issues an instruction to a document attribute/user attribute comparison unit for comparing a user attribute, which is stored in a user information storage unit, of the user who has instructed printing of the document information, and history information of the user attribute corresponding to print setting information associated with the document information, which is stored in the document information storage unit, whose printing has been instructed. Then, the main control unit determines print setting information to be used for printing the document information to be printed from among the print setting information stored on the document information storage unit according to a result of the comparison.
29 Citations
21 Claims
-
1. A document management system configured to execute operations including managing document information, generating display data for displaying a content of the document information, and printing the document information according to an instruction issued by a user via a web browser of a client apparatus configured to execute display according to the generated display data, the document management system comprising:
-
a user attribute storage unit configured to store a user attribute of the user; a first history storage unit configured, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, to store identification information for identifying the document information and print setting information used in printing the document information in association with each other; a second history storage unit configured, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, to store the print setting information used in printing the document information and the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information with the print setting information in association with each other; a user attribute comparison unit configured, when the user issues an instruction for printing the document information via the web browser of the client apparatus, to identify the print setting information stored on the first history storage unit in association with the identification information for identifying the document information whose printing has been instructed, identify the user attribute stored on the second history storage unit in association with the identified print setting information, and compare the identified user attribute with the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information, which is stored in the user attribute storage unit; and a determination unit configured to determine print setting information to be used in printing the document information whose printing has been instructed by the user from among the print setting information stored on the second history storage unit according to a result of the comparison by the user attribute comparison unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19)
-
-
13. An information processing method in a document management system configured to execute operations including managing document information, generating display data for displaying a content of the document information, and printing the document information according to an instruction issued by a user via a web browser of a client apparatus configured to execute display according to the generated display data, the method comprising:
-
storing a user attribute of the user; storing, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, identification information for identifying the document information and print setting information used in printing the document information in association with each other; storing, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, the print setting information used in printing the document information and the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information with the print setting information in association with each other; identifying, according to an instruction issued by the user for printing the document information via the web browser of the client apparatus, the print setting information stored in association with the identification information for identifying the document information whose printing has been instructed; identifying the user attribute stored in association with the identified print setting information; comparing the identified user attribute with the stored user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information; and determining print setting information to be used in printing the document information whose printing has been instructed by the user from among the stored print setting information according to a result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
20. A document management system configured to execute operations including managing document information, generating display data for displaying a content of the document information, and printing the document information according to an instruction issued by a user via a web browser of a client apparatus configured to execute display according to the generated display data, the document management system comprising:
-
a user attribute storage unit configured to store a user attribute of the user; a history storage unit configured, when the document information managed in the document management system is printed, to store identification information for identifying the document information, print setting information used in printing the document information, and a user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing with the print setting information in association with each other; a determination unit configured, according to the user instruction for printing the document information issued via the web browser of the client apparatus, to determine print setting information to be used in printing the document information whose printing has been instructed by the user from among the print setting information stored on the history storage unit in association with a part of the identification information of the document information whose printing has been instructed by the user and the user attribute of the user who has instructed the printing of the document information; and a print setting information presenting unit configured to execute control for editably presenting the print setting information determined by the determination unit on the client apparatus on which the user has instructed the instruction for printing the document information, wherein the print setting information presenting unit is configured to execute control for presenting the print setting information determined by the determination unit in a state in which the user cannot disable a setting related to security of the print setting information. - View Dependent Claims (21)
-
Specification