INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20140108356A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: YANAGISAWA, Kouta
• Application Number:
  US14/051,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108356A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/687
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a file saving unit for saving a first file, a state saving unit for saving, as saved state information, a second file'"'"'s state at a time that the first file is saved in which the second file is opened at the time that the first file is saved, and a state reproducing unit for reproducing the second file'"'"'s state to be the state at the time that the first file is saved based on the saved state information where the first file is opened after the first file is saved. The information processing apparatus allows users to re-edit files and webpages later without laboriously looking up those data again.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a file saving unit for saving a first file;

a state saving unit for saving, as saved state information, a second file'"'"'s state at a time that the first file is saved in which the second file is opened at the time that the first file is saved; and

a state reproducing unit for reproducing the second file'"'"'s state to be the state at the time that the first file is saved based on the saved state information where the first file is opened after the first file is saved.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state saving unit further saves, as the saved state information, a third file'"'"'s state at a time that the first file is saved in which the third file is opened at the time that the first file is saved, and wherein the state reproducing unit further reproduces the third file'"'"'s state to be the state at the time that the first file is saved based on the saved state information where the first file is opened after the first file is saved.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second file is opened with a first application whereas the third filed is opened with a second application.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first application is a word processor.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second application is a web browser.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the file saving unit is realized by a word processor.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the state saving unit saves, as the saving state information, either or both of the second file'"'"'s state and the third file'"'"'s state at the time that the first file is saved in a selectable manner in which either or both of the second file and the third file are opened at the time that the first file is saved.

8. An information processing apparatus for accessing a file produced in use of a prescribed application and for editing and saving the file, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a file access monitoring unit for detecting an access to the file;

a state retrieving unit for retrieving information on the file being opened, on a webpage opened together with the file, and on a prescribed application being activated;

a state saving unit for saving the information retrieved with the state retrieving unit as saved state information and for producing and saving relationship information on a relation between the saved file and the saved state information, in a case where the file access monitoring unit detects the access to the file for saving;

a process activating unit for activating the prescribed application to open the designated file and webpage; and

a state reproducing unit referring to the saved state information based on the relationship information to open the corresponding file and webpage with the process activating unit in a case where the file access monitoring units detects a re-access to the saved file.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a file move monitoring means for detecting a move of a saving location of the file and for renewing the relationship information on the relation between the moved file and the saved state information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a file unifying unit for unifying the opened file and the webpage opened together with the file into a single file based on the retrieved information by the state retrieving unit to save the information as united data; and

a file dividing unit for dividing the united data into contents of the file and webpage before unified and for reopening the divided file and webpage with the process activating unit.