METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEING FILE

• US 20100174751A1
• Filed: 01/05/2010
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawano, Atsushi, Oya, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/784
• 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 method for managing a file includes: acquiring at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file; setting a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file; and controlling a file operation based on the set file operation method.

Claims

1. A method for managing a file, comprising:

acquiring at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file;

setting a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file; and

controlling a file operation based on the set file operation method.

2. The method for managing a file according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

picking up an image of the person; and

wherein further acquiring a personal ID for identifying the person included in the picked-up image.

3. The method for managing a file according to claim 2, wherein the acquiring further comprising:

performing face recognition of the person included in the picked-up image, and acquiring a personal ID for identifying the person.

4. The method for managing a file according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

displaying a status of the file operation method.

5. The method for managing a file according to claim 4, wherein the displaying comprising:

creating an icon to be displayed as the file, based on the set file operation method; and

displaying the created icon.

6. The method for managing a file according to claim 5, wherein further creating an icon indicating that the contents of the file are permitted to be browsed, or an icon indicating that the contents of the file are not permitted to be browsed.

7. The method for managing a file according to claim 5, wherein further creating an icon indicating that the contents of the file are permitted to be edited.

8. The method for managing a file according to claim 5, wherein further creating an icon indicating that the file is permitted to be copied.

9. The method for managing a file according to claim 1, wherein further acquiring a personal ID for specifying each of a plurality of persons present at a plurality of points,

the method further comprising:

sharing the file between the plurality of points based on the set file operation method.

10. The method for managing a file according to claim 9,

wherein further acquiring a combination of the personal ID and a point where the personal ID is acquired;

and

wherein further setting a file operation method depending on whether or not the combination of the personal ID and the point satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file.

11. The method for managing a file according to claim 1, wherein the file operation method includes a file operation method for browsing the contents of a file.

12. The method for managing a file according to claim 11, wherein the file operation method further includes a file operation method for editing the contents of a file.

13. The method for managing a file according to claim 11, wherein the file operation method further includes a file operation method for copying a file.

14. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for performing a method for managing a file, the method comprising:

acquiring at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file;

setting a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file; and

controlling a file operation based on the set file operation method.

15. An apparatus for managing a file, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file;

a setting unit configured to set a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file; and

a control unit configured to control a file operation based on the set file operation method.

16. A system for managing a file, the system incorporated in a apparatus for managing the file, the system comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file;

a setting unit configured to set a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file;

a control unit configured to control a file operation based on the set file operation method;

a communication unit configured to perform communication between a first point and a second point;

a first display unit configured to display a status of the file operation method at the first point; and

a second display unit configured to display a status of the file operation method at the second point.

17. The system for managing a file according to claim 16, the system further comprising:

a first imaging unit configured to pick up a first image of a person present at the first point; and

a second imaging unit configured to pick up a second image of a person present at the second point,

wherein the acquisition unit further configured to acquire a personal ID for identifying the person included in the first picked-up image and the person included in the second picked-up image.