DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20130103675A1
• Filed: 10/03/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Yusuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata

Abstract

A document management apparatus comprises: a base folder setting unit configured to set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest; a search unit configured to detect, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and a search result display unit configured to display a link to the similar folder detected by the search unit on a display window.

Claims

1. A document management apparatus comprising:

a base folder setting unit configured to set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest;

a search unit configured to detect, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and

a search result display unit configured to display a link to the similar folder detected by said search unit on a display window.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said search result display unit displays the link to the similar folder in association with a menu of the folder of interest on an address bar displayed on the display window.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the address bar displays paths of folders in a form of a breadcrumbs list.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said search unit detects a folder, which has a path and a folder name from a layer lower by one from a folder allocated immediately below the base folder, which path and folder name match a path and a folder name of the folder of interest, as the similar folder.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said search unit detects, in association with respective folders which configure a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, folders having paths from the base folder, which paths are similar to paths from the base folder to the respective folders, as similar folders similar to the respective folders, and

said search result display unit displays, on the display window, a link to a similar folder similar to a folder selected by a user from folders which configure the path displayed on an address bar displayed on the display window.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a search setting unit configured to accept a setting as to whether or not to allow a fluctuating description of a folder name of a search target folder in said search unit,

wherein when said search setting unit sets to allow the fluctuating description, said search unit detects a search target folder as the similar folder when a folder name of the folder of interest partially matches a folder name of the search target folder.

7. A control method of a document management apparatus, comprising the steps of:

setting a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest;

detecting, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and

displaying a link to the similar folder detected in the search step on a display window.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for controlling a computer to function as:

a base folder setting unit configured to set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest;

a search unit configured to detect, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and

a search result display unit configured to display a link to the similar folder detected by said search unit on a display window.