FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20180157856A1
• Filed: 04/13/2017
• Published: 06/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: OTSUKA, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 10,565,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• 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: H04L 9/0891 Revocation or update of secret information, e.g. encryption key update or rekeying

Abstract

A file management apparatus includes a receiving unit and a display controller. The receiving unit receives plural pieces of identification information of plural users who are allowed to access a file. The display controller controls display of a storage place that the users corresponding to the plural pieces of identification information received by the receiving unit are able to access, among storage places for which access right is set.

Claims

1. A file management apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a plurality of identification information of a plurality of users who are allowed to access a file; and

a display controller that controls display of a storage place that the users corresponding to the plurality of pieces of identification information received by the receiving unit are able to access, among storage places for which access right is set.

2. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where a plurality of storage places as display control targets exist, the display controller performs control such that a list of the plurality of storage places is displayed according to a predetermined prioritization condition.

3. The file management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs control such that a storage place with a less number of users for whom access right is set is displayed preferentially.

4. The file management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs control such that a storage place with narrower access right for a user corresponding to identification information not received by the receiving unit is displayed preferentially.

5. The file management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller controls display of a storage place as a display control target, based on a frequency of use of the storage place by a user corresponding to identification information received by the receiving unit.

6. The file management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display controller performs control such that a storage place with a higher frequency of use by a user corresponding to identification information received by the receiving unit is displayed preferentially.

7. The file management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display controller performs control such that a storage place with a lower frequency of use by a user corresponding to identification information not received by the receiving unit is displayed preferentially.

8. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller performs control such that a storage place which is in a layer lower than a storage place as a display control target and for which same access right as that for the storage place as the display control target is set is also displayed.

9. The file management apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a calculating unit that calculates a degree of recommendation of the storage place in the lower layer,

wherein the display controller controls display of the degree of recommendation of the storage place in the lower layer.

10. The file management apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the calculating unit calculates, as the degree of recommendation, a similarity between the file and a file stored in the storage place in the lower layer.

11. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage place creating unit that creates, in a case where no storage place that a user corresponding to identification information received by the receiving unit is able to access exists, a storage place for the file by creating a new storage place or changing setting of access right for an existing storage place.

12. The file management apparatus according to claim 11, wherein in a case where the storage place creating unit performs processing for changing the setting of the access right for the existing storage place, the display controller performs control such that a storage place with a less number of changes in setting for access right is displayed preferentially.

13. The file management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notifying unit that notifies, in a case where a storage place is to be deleted or setting of access right for a storage place is to be changed, a user by which a file is registered in the storage place of the deletion of the storage place or the change of the setting of the access right for the storage place.

14. The file management apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a file deleting unit that deletes, in a case where the user who receives the notification by the notifying unit indicating that the storage place is to be deleted rejects the deletion of the storage place, files other than the file registered in the storage place by the user who rejects the deletion.

15. The file management apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a moving unit that creates, in a case where the user who receives the notification by the notifying unit indicating that the setting of the access right for the storage place is to be changed rejects the change, a new storage place which takes over the setting of the access right for the storage place and moves the file registered in the storage place by the user who rejects the change to the created new storage place.

16. The file management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the receiving unit receives identification information of a user and access right of the user to the file, and

wherein the display controller controls display of a storage place that a user corresponding to identification information received by the receiving unit is able to access based on the access right of the user to the file.

17. The file management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the receiving unit receives identification information of a group which is allowed to access the file, and

wherein in a case where the identification information of the group is received by the receiving unit, the display controller controls display of a storage place that a user belonging to the group corresponding to the identification information is able to access.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for file management, the process comprising:

receiving a plurality of identification information of a plurality of users who are allowed to access a file; and

controlling display of a storage place that the users corresponding to the plurality of pieces of identification information received by the receiving unit are able to access, among storage places for which access right is set.