DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, NEWLY-ARRIVED DOCUMENT NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130046827A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Soga, Masaya
• Application Number:
  US13/586,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046827A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

When notifying of a newly-arrived document, it is determined whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from a client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed. If it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus even after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, a mobile terminal apparatus is notified of a document which newly arrives after a time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document. If it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, the client apparatus is notified of the newly-arrived document.

Claims

1. A document management server apparatus comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from a client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed; and

a notification unit configured to,

in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, send a notification to a mobile terminal apparatus of the document which newly arrives after a time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document, and

in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document.

2. The document management server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a newly-arrived document confirmation time storage unit configured to store in a storage device a time at which the client apparatus confirmed a newly-arrived document after the notification unit has notified the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document.

3. The document management server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the newly-arrived document confirmation time storage unit transmits to a data management server apparatus the time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document, and causes a storage device in the data management server apparatus to store the time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document.

4. A document management server apparatus comprising:

a determination unit configured to, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, determine whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from a client apparatus when a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed;

a notification unit configured to, in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

a determining unit configured to, after the notification unit notified the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document, determine whether an execution time of a newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus; and

an execution time storage unit configured to, in the case where the determining unit determines that the execution time of the newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus, store in a storage device the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process,

wherein the notification unit, in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifies a mobile terminal apparatus of the document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process.

5. The document management server apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the execution time storage unit transmits to a data management server apparatus the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived document confirmation process, and causes a storage device in the data management server apparatus to store the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived document confirmation process.

6. A system including a document management server apparatus, a client apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus,

wherein the document management server apparatus includes:

a determination unit configured to determine, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed; and

a notification unit configured to,

in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after a time at which the client apparatus confirmed a newly-arrived document, and

in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of a newly-arrived document,

wherein the client apparatus includes a display unit configured to, in the case where the document management server apparatus is notified of the newly-arrived document, display the newly-arrived document, and

the mobile terminal apparatus includes a display unit configured to, in the case where the document management server apparatus is notified of the newly-arrived document, display the newly-arrived document.

7. A system including a document management server apparatus, a client apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus,

wherein the document management server apparatus includes:

a determination unit configured to determine, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from a client apparatus when a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed;

a notification unit configured to, in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

a determining unit configured to determine, after the notification unit notified the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document, whether an execution time of a newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus; and

an execution time storage unit configured to, in the case where the determining unit determines that the execution time of the newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus, store in a storage device the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process,

wherein the notification unit, in the case where the determination unit determines that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifies the mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process,

wherein the client apparatus includes a display unit configured to, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of a newly-arrived document, display the newly-arrived document, and

the mobile terminal apparatus includes a display unit configured to, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of a newly-arrived document, display the newly-arrived document.

8. A method performed by a document management server apparatus for notifying of a newly-arrived document, the method comprising:

determining, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from a client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed; and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying a mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after a time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document, and notifying, and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document.

9. A method performed by a document management server apparatus for notifying of a newly-arrived document, the method comprising:

determining, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from a client apparatus when a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed;

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

determining, after notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document, whether an execution time of a newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus;

in the case where it is determined that the execution time of the newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus, storing in a storage device the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process; and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying a mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process.

10. A method for notifying of a newly-arrived document performed by a system including a document management server apparatus, a client apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

causing the document management server apparatus to determine, when notifying of the newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed; and

causing the document management server apparatus to

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus even after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the mobile terminal apparatus of the document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document, and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

causing the client apparatus, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of a newly-arrived document, to display the newly-arrived document; and

causing the mobile terminal apparatus, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of the newly-arrived document, to display the newly-arrived document.

11. A method for notifying of a newly-arrived document performed by a system including a document management server apparatus, a client apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

causing the document management server apparatus to determine, when notifying of the newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed;

causing the document management server apparatus to, in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

causing the document management server apparatus to determine, after notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document, whether an execution time of a newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus;

causing the document management server apparatus to, in the case it is determined that the execution time of the newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus, store in a storage device the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process;

causing the document management server apparatus to, in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus even after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notify the mobile terminal apparatus of the document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process and is stored in the storage device; and

causing the client apparatus, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of the newly-arrived document, to display the newly-arrived document; and

causing the mobile terminal apparatus, in the case where the document management server apparatus notifies of the newly-arrived document, to display the newly-arrived document.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:

determining, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from a client apparatus even after a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, and whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed; and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus after the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying a mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after a time at which the client apparatus confirmed the newly-arrived document, and notifying,

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:

determining, when notifying of a newly-arrived document, whether a newly-arrived document confirmation is received from a client apparatus when a set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed;

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document;

determining, after notifying the client apparatus of the newly-arrived document, whether an execution time of a newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus;

in the case where it is determined that the execution time of the newly-arrived confirmation process is transmitted from the client apparatus, storing in a storage device the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process; and

in the case where it is determined that the newly-arrived document confirmation is not received from the client apparatus when the set newly-arrived document confirmation time has elapsed, notifying a mobile terminal apparatus of a document which newly arrives after the time at which the client apparatus executed the newly-arrived confirmation process.