Document processing system with enable feature

• US 5,966,718 A
• Filed: 04/19/1996
• Issued: 10/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Shibata, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kindred, Alford W.
• Application Number:
  US08/634,833
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 707/530, 707/526, 707/911, 707/531, 707/524, 707/517, 707/521
• US Class Current: 715/222
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

In a document processing system which performs document processing such as edit and display for document data, a plurality of preset document roles are stored in role definition section, a plurality of preset document processing scenes are stored in scene definition section, information indicating whether or not document processing is enabled corresponding to a pair of a role and a scene is stored in operation definition section, and event processing section gets the corresponding role from the role definition section and the corresponding scene from the scene definition section based on document processing information entered through an input section and gets information indicating whether or not the corresponding document processing such as edit or display is enabled from the operation definition section. The event processing section causes document processing sections to execute document processing of the document to be processed, based on the gotten information indicating whether or not the document processing is enabled.

Claims

1. A system for performing document processing such as editing and displaying document data, said system comprising:

means for inputting document processing information;

role definition means for storing a plurality of preset document roles, each related to an area within the document;

scene definition means for storing a plurality of preset document processing scenes;

operation definition means for storing information indicating whether or not document processing is enabled for a role and a corresponding scene;

event processing means comprising

means for getting a role corresponding to a document to be processed from said role definition means,

means for getting the corresponding scene from said scene definition means based on the input document processing information, and

means for getting information indicating whether or not the corresponding document processing is enabled from said operation definition means, and

means for inquiring of the role definition means the role information for an area; and

means for executing document processing based on the information indicating whether or not the document processing is enabled, gotten by said event processing means.

2. The document processing system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said document processing means performs document edit processing, wherein said scene definition means stores information indicating if insertion of a document is enabled corresponding to each scene, and wherein said event processing means also gets the information indicating if insertion is enabled from said scene definition means for controlling insertion of a document by said document processing means.

3. The document processing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein user identification information is also entered through said input means, wherein said scene definition means stores user identification information corresponding to each scene, and wherein said event processing means determines whether or not the user identification information gotten from said scene definition means matches the user identification information entered through said input means for controlling document processing by said document processing means.

4. The document processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein user identification information is also entered through said input means, wherein said scene definition means stores user identification information corresponding to each scene, and wherein said event processing means determines whether or not the user identification information gotten from said scene definition means matches the user identification information entered through said input means for controlling document processing by said document processing means.