INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20150101063A1
• Filed: 06/05/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: SHIMOKAWA, Noriyuki
• Application Number:
  US14/297,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20150101063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A checking unit checks whether or not a position of a user is outside the premises of an organization to which the user belongs. A first obtaining unit obtains, if it is checked that the position of the user is outside the premises, information specifying documents which are stored in a document management device disposed on the premises and which are allowed to be used by the user, instead of obtaining the content of the documents. A presenting unit presents a list of the documents. A selector selects a document from among the documents in the list in accordance with an operation of the user. A second obtaining unit obtains the content of the selected document from the document management device. A providing unit provides the obtained content of the document to an output device which outputs the content of the document.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a checking unit that checks whether or not a position of a user is outside the premises of an organization to which the user belongs;

a first obtaining unit that obtains, if it is checked by the checking unit that the position of the user is outside the premises, information that specifies documents which are stored in a document management device disposed on the premises and which are allowed to be used by the user, instead of obtaining the content of the documents;

a presenting unit that presents a list of the documents to the user;

a selector that selects a document from among the documents in the list in accordance with a selecting operation performed by the user;

a second obtaining unit that obtains the content of the document selected by the selector from the document management device disposed on the premises; and

a providing unit that provides the content of the document obtained by the second obtaining unit to an output device which outputs the content of the document.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the checking unit checks a position of the user on the basis of information concerning entrance and exit to and from the premises performed by the user and detected by an entrance-and-exit detector.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the checking unit checks a position of the user on the basis of position information detected by a position detector disposed in a mobile terminal device owned by the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a deleting unit that deletes, upon receiving notification that a document has been output from the output device, the document from the information processing apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second obtaining unit obtains the content of the document if at least one of or a combination of items (1) a maximum number of times the document is allowed to be output, (2) a time zone in which the document is allowed to be obtained, and (3) the position of the user satisfies a condition for obtaining the document.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the checking unit checks a position of the user on the basis of at least one of or a combination of information output from a schedule management device which manages schedules of the user and information output from an attendance management device which manages an attendance record of the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the checking unit checks whether or not a position of the user is outside the premises and whether or not a position of the output device is a predetermined position.

8. An information processing method comprising:

checking whether or not a position of a user is outside the premises of an organization to which the user belongs;

obtaining, if it is checked that the position of the user is outside the premises, information that specifies documents which are stored in a document management device disposed on the premises and which are allowed to be used by the user, instead of obtaining the content of the documents;

presenting a list of the documents to the user;

selecting a document from among the documents in the list in accordance with a selecting operation performed by the user;

obtaining the content of the selected document from the document management device disposed on the premises; and

providing the obtained content of the document to an output device which outputs the content of the document.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

checking whether or not a position of a user is outside the premises of an organization to which the user belongs;

obtaining, if it is checked that the position of the user is outside the premises, information that specifies documents which are stored in a document management device disposed on the premises and which are allowed to be used by the user, instead of obtaining the content of the documents;

presenting a list of the documents to the user;

selecting a document from among the documents in the list in accordance with a selecting operation performed by the user;

obtaining the content of the selected document from the document management device disposed on the premises; and

providing the obtained content of the document to an output device which outputs the content of the document.