DATA USE STATUS TRACKING SYSTEM, MANAGER DEVICE, AGENT DEVICE, DATA USE STATUS TRACKING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20110035492A1
• Filed: 04/24/2009
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Miyakawa, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 8,656,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24556 Aggregation; Duplicate elimination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A data use status tracking system 100 includes: a terminal device 1 that generates and transmits data; and a manager device 2 that receives the data transmitted from the terminal device. The manager device 2 includes: a process history storing unit 25; a processing unit 22 that processes the data received from the terminal device 1 and registers a process history including the process details of the data in the process history storing unit 25; and a referring unit 23 that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of the process histories registered in the process history storing unit 25 from the terminal device 1 and transmits, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting the process histories designated by the process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, the counting result related to the counting item according to the type of the terminal device 1 to the terminal device 1.

Claims

1. A data use status tracking system including:

a terminal device that generates and transmits data; and

a manager device that receives said data transmitted from said terminal device, and

said manager device comprising;

a manager-side process history storing unit;

a manager-side processing unit that processes said data received from said terminal device and registers a process history including the process details of the data in said manager-side process history storing unit; and

a manager-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmits, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device.

2. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, further including an agent device, and said agent device comprising:

an agent-side process history storing unit;

an agent-side processing unit that processes said data received from said manager device and registers a process history including the process details on the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

a process history transmitting unit that transmits a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit to said manager device,

wherein said manager-side processing unit transmits said data received from said terminal device to said agent device, and registers said process histories received from said agent device in said manager-side process history storing unit.

3. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1,

wherein on receipt of said process history reference request from said terminal device, said manager-side referring unit retrieves said process history designated by the process history reference request from said manager-side process history storing unit, counts the retrieved process histories with respect to a counting item according to a type of the terminal device, and transmits, as a response, said counting result obtained by the counting to the terminal device.

4. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, said manager device further comprising:

a counting result storing unit; and

an analyzing unit that counts said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to a plurality of counting items and registers said counting result obtained by the counting in said counting result storing unit,

wherein when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, said manager-side referring unit retrieves said counting result based on said process history reference request received and a type of the terminal device and transmits, as a response, the retrieved counting result to the terminal device.

5. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 4,

wherein said analyzing unit registers a detailed counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to the plurality of counting items and a simplified counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting the process histories with respect to a part of said counting items in said detailed counting result in said counting result storing unit, and

when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, said manager-side referring unit selects either said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group according to the type of the terminal device, retrieves said counting result related to said process history designated by the process history reference request from said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group selected, and transmits, as a response, said retrieved counting result to the terminal device.

6. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, further including an agent device, and said agent device comprising:

an agent-side process history storing unit;

an agent-side processing unit that processes said data received from said manager device and registers said process history including the process details on the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

an agent-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit from said manager device and transmits, as a response, said counting result related to a counting item according to type of the terminal device, out of said counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request received to said manager device,

wherein said manager device, when said data is received from said terminal device, transmits the data to the agent device by said manager-side processing unit, processes the data by said manager-side processing unit, registers said process history in said manager-side process history storing unit,

when said process history reference request is received from the terminal device, transmits the process history reference request to said agent device by said manager-side processing unit, retrieves said process history designated by the process history reference request by the manager-side referring unit from said manager-side process history storing unit, counts the retrieved process histories with respect to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device,

when said counting result is received from said agent device, integrates said counting result received and said counting result of counting performed by said manager-side referring unit, and transmits, as a response, the resultant to said terminal device which has transmitted the process history reference request.

7. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1,

said manager device further comprising:

a manager-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said terminal device; and

a manager-side managing unit that changes or erases said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored in said manager-side data storing unit.

8. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 2, said manager device further comprising:

a manager-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said terminal device; and

a manager-side managing unit that changes or erases said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored in said manager-side data storing unit, and transmits said data change/erasure request to said agent device to which said data requested to be changed or erased is transmitted, and

said agent device further comprising;

an agent-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said manager device; and

an agent-side managing unit that changes or erases data requested to be changed or erased by said data change/erasure request received from said manager device, in said data stored in said agent-side data storing unit.

9. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a type of said terminal device is determined by size of a display region in the terminal device.

10. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said counting result responding to said terminal device in which the size of said display region is relatively large is obtained by counting with respect to said counting items larger than those for said counting result responding to said terminal device in which size of said display region is relatively small.

11. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, wherein as types of said terminal device, a portable terminal and a terminal device other than the portable terminal exist.

12. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said counting items include a process type and the number of execution times in a past predetermined period of a process by said process type.

13. A manager device comprising:

a manager-side process history storing unit;

a manager-side processing unit that processes said data received from a terminal device that generates and transmits data and registers a process history including the process details of the data in said manager-side process history storing unit; and

a manager-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmits, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said received process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device.

14. The manager device as set forth in claim 13, wherein said manager device is connected so as to be able to perform communication with an agent device that processes said data received from said manager device, registers a process history including process details on the data, and transmits a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager device, and

said manager-side processing unit transmits said data received from said terminal device to said agent device and registers said process history received from said agent device into said manager-side process history storing means.

15. The manager device as set forth in claim 13, wherein when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, the manager-side referring unit retrieves said process history designated by the process history reference request from said manager-side process history storing unit, counts the process histories retrieved with respect to counting items according to the type of the terminal device, and transmits, as a response, said counting result obtained by the counting to the terminal device.

16. The manager device as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

a counting result storing unit; and

an analyzing unit that counts said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to a plurality of counting items and registers said counting result obtained by the counting in said counting result storing unit,

wherein when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, said manager-side referring unit retrieves said counting result based on said process history reference request received and the type of the terminal device and transmits, as a response, the retrieved counting result to the terminal device.

17. The manager device as set forth in claim 16,

wherein said analyzing unit registers a detailed counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to said plurality of counting items and a simplified counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting the process histories with respect to a part of said counting items in said detailed counting result in said counting result storing unit, and

when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, said manager-side referring unit selects either said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group according to the type of the terminal device, retrieves said counting result related to said process history designated by the process history reference request from said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group selected, and transmits, as a response, said retrieved counting result to the terminal device.

18. The manager device as set forth in claim 13,

wherein the manager device is connected so as to be able to perform communication with an agent device including:

an agent-side process history storing unit;

an agent-side processing unit that processes said data received from said manager device and registers said process history including the process details on the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

an agent-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit from said manager device and transmits, as a response, said counting result related to a counting item according to the type of the terminal device, out of said counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request received to said manager device,

when said data is received from said terminal device, the data is transmitted to the agent device by said manager-side processing unit, the data is processed by said manager-side processing unit, said process history is registered in said manager-side process history storing unit,

when said process history reference request is received from the terminal device, the process history reference request is transmitted to said agent device by said manager-side processing unit, said process history designated by the process history reference request is retrieved by the manager-side referring unit from said manager-side process history storing unit, the retrieved process histories are counted with respect to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device, and

when said counting result is received from said agent device, said counting result received and said counting result of counting performed by said manager-side referring unit are integrated, and the resultant is transmitted, as a response, to said terminal device which has transmitted the process history reference request.

19. The manager device as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

a manager-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said terminal device; and

a manager-side managing unit that changes or erases said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored in said manager-side data storing unit.

20. The manager device as set forth in claim 14, further comprising:

a manager-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said terminal device; and

a manager-side managing unit that changes or erases said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored in said manager-side data storing unit, and transmits said data change/erasure request to said agent device to which said data requested to be changed or erased is transmitted, and

said agent device further comprising;

an agent-side data storing unit that stores said data received from said manager device; and

an agent-side managing unit that changes or erases data requested to be changed or erased by said data change/erasure request received from said manager device, in said data stored in said agent-side data storing unit.

21. An agent device connected so as to be able to perform communication with a manager device including:

a manager-side process history storing unit;

a manager-side processing unit that processes said data received from a terminal device that generates and transmits data and registers a process history including the process details of the data in said manager-side process history storing unit; and

a manager-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories to registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmits, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said received process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device, and

said agent device including;

an agent-side process history storing unit;

an agent-side processing unit that processes said data received from said manager device and registers a process history including the process details on the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

a process history transmitting unit that transmits a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit to said manager device.

22. A data use status tracking method comprising:

processing data received from a terminal device that generates and transmits said data and registering a process history including the process details of the data in a manager-side process history storing unit by a manager computer; and

receiving a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmitting, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process to histories designated by said received process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device by said manager computer.

23. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 22, further comprising:

processing said data received from said manager computer and registering a process history including the process details on the data in an agent-side process history storing unit by an agent computer; and

transmitting a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit to said manager device by said agent computer,

wherein in said manager-side processing, data transmitted from said terminal device is transmitted to said agent computer, and process histories transmitted from said agent computer is registered in said manager-side process history storing unit.

24. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said manager-side reference, when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, said process history designated by the process history reference request is retrieved from said manager-side process history storing unit, the retrieved process histories are counted with respect to a counting item according to a type of the terminal device, and said count result obtained by the counting is transmitted as a response to the terminal device.

25. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 22, wherein said manager computer counts said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to a plurality of counting items and registers said counting result obtained by the counting in a counting result storing unit, and

when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device in said manager-side reference, said counting result is retrieved based on said process history reference request received and the type of the terminal device and the retrieved counting result is transmitted as a response to the terminal device.

26. The data use status tracking system as set forth in claim 25, wherein in said analysis, a detailed counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit with respect to the plurality of counting items and a simplified counting result group including said counting results obtained by counting the process histories with respect to a part of said counting items in said detailed counting result are registered in said counting result storing unit, and

in said manager-side reference, when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, either said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group is selected according to the type of the terminal device, said counting result related to said process history designated by the process history reference request is retrieved from said detailed counting result group or said simplified counting result group selected, and said retrieved counting result is transmitted as a response to the terminal device.

27. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 22, further comprising:

processing said data received from said manager computer and registering said process history including the process details on the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

receiving a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit from said manager computer and transmitting, as a response, said counting result related to a counting item according to the type of the terminal device, out of said counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request received to said manager computer, and

in said manager-side processing, when said data is received from said terminal device, transmitting the data to said agent computer, processing the data, and registering said process history in said manager-side process history storing unit,

in said manager-side reference, when said process history reference request is received from said terminal device, transmitting the process history reference request to said agent computer, retrieving said process history designated by the process history reference request from said manager-side process history storing unit, counting the retrieved process histories with respect to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device, and

in said manager-side processing, when said counting result is received from said agent computer, integrating said counting result received and said counting result of the counting, and transmitting, as a response, the resultant to said terminal device which has transmitted the process history reference request.

28. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 22, further comprising:

storing said data received from said terminal device by said manager computer; and

changing or erasing said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored by said manager computer.

29. The data use status tracking method as set forth in claim 23, further comprising:

storing said data received from said terminal device by said manager computer; and

changing or erasing said data requested by a data change/erasure request received from said terminal device, in said data stored, and transmitting said data change/erasure request to said agent computer to which said data requested to be changed or erased is transmitted by said manager computer,

storing said data received from said manager device by agent computer; and

changing or erasing data requested to be changed or erased by said data change/erasure request received from said manager computer, in said data stored by agent computer.

30. A computer-readable recording medium for storing a program that makes a computer execute:

a manager-side process of processing said data received from a terminal device that generates and transmits data and registering a process history including the process details of the data in a manager-side process history storing unit; and

a manager-side referring process of receiving a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmitting, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device.

31. A storage medium which can be read by a computer connected so as to be able to communicate with a manager device comprising:

a manager-side process history storing unit;

a manager-side processing unit that processes data received from a terminal device that generates and transmits said data and registers a process history including the process details of the data in said manager-side process history storing unit; and

a manager-side referring unit that receives a process history reference request designating a part or all of said process histories registered in said manager-side process history storing unit from said terminal device and transmits, as a response, out of counting results obtained by counting said process histories designated by said process history reference request with respect to a plurality of counting items, said counting result related to said counting item according to the type of the terminal device to the terminal device, the storage medium storing a program that makes said computer execute;

an agent-side process of processing said data received from said manager device and registering a process history including the process details of the data in said agent-side process history storing unit; and

a process history transmitting process of transmitting a part or all of said process histories registered in said agent-side process history storing unit to said manager device.