CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20110219435A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: KODAMA, Yoshiyuki, MATSUDA, Hideki
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials

Abstract

A content processing system includes a content management device storing contents and information associated with the contents, and a plurality of portable terminals capable of accessing the content management device through a network, and performs a process on the contents according to a workflow using the plurality of portable terminals. The content processing system may include a first executing unit that let at least a part of the contents and the associated information be stored in a portable terminal among the plurality of portable terminals to perform a second process when the process to be currently performed in the workflow is moved from a first process to the second process.

Claims

1. A content processing system that includes a content management device storing contents and information associated with the contents, and a plurality of portable terminals capable of accessing the content management device through a network, and performs a process on the contents according to a workflow using the plurality of portable terminals, the content processing system comprising:

a first executing unit that let at least a part of the contents and the associated information be stored in a portable terminal among the plurality of portable terminals to perform a second process when the process to be currently performed in the workflow is moved from a first process to the second process.

2. The content processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second executing unit that let at least a part of the processed contents and the associated information be stored in the content management device when the process is performed on the contents using the portable terminal.

3. The content processing system according to claim 2, wherein, when the process is performed on the contents by the portable terminal, the second executing unit let post-processing information be stored in the content management device as the associated information,

wherein the post-processing information indicate changes in the contents due to the performed process.

4. The content processing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an erasing unit that erases, from the portable terminal, the processed contents and the associated information stored in the portable terminal, when the at least a part of the processed contents and the associated information is stored in the content management device by the second executing unit.

5. The content processing system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a fixed terminal that is provided to correspond to at least one of the plurality of portable terminals and functions as at least a part of the first executing unit, the second executing unit, and the erasing unit.

6. The content processing system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of portable terminals has an associating unit that associates at least one of a handwritten character, a highlighted display, and an electronic tag with the contents as associated information.

7. The content processing system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of portable terminals has a display unit that is formed of an electronic paper for displaying the contents.

8. The content processing system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of portable terminals has at least one of a function of encrypting information, a function of decrypting information, a function of performing device authentication, a function of performing biometric authentication, and a function of performing password authentication.

10. A computer program that controls a computer included in the content processing system described in claim 1, the computer program enabling the computer to function as the first executing unit.

11. A recording medium in which the computer program described in claim 10 is recorded to read by a computer.

9. A content processing method for performing a process on contents according to a workflow using a plurality of portable terminals, the content processing method comprising:

storing at least a part of the contents and the associated information of the contents in a portable terminal among the plurality of portable terminals to perform a second process when the process to be currently performed in the workflow is moved from a first process to the second process.

12. A portable terminal that is connected, through a network, to a content management device for storing contents on which a process is performed according to a workflow and information associated with the contents, the portable terminal comprising:

a executing unit that let at least a part of the contents and the associated information be stored in a corresponding portable terminal in a case where a second process is a process to be performed by the corresponding portable terminal when a process to be currently performed in the workflow is moved from a first process to the second process.