Document processing system
First Claim
1. A document processing system comprising:
- a document providing unit for providing an electronic document;
an authoring unit; and
a document server including a database for storing said electronic document and an identifier of said electronic document, said document providing unit comprising transmission means for transmitting a set of said electronic document and said identifier or only said identifier to said authoring unit, said authoring unit comprising;
a receiver;
a transmitter;
authoring means for adding to said electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and
control means for controlling said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver such that when the set of said electronic document and the identifier or only said identifier is received via said receiver, said control means controls said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver depending upon the content of the received data so as to store the tagged electronic document associated with the electronic document in the database of said document server.
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Abstract
A document processing system and method are disclosed which are capable of performing inverse retrieval in response to a request issued by a user and providing retrieved document data to the user. Characteristic information indicating a specified electronic document or category is transmitted from a terminal device to a document providing device. The document providing device retrieves electronic documents related to the characteristic information from electronic documents stored in a database. Information about the retrieved electronic documents, such as electronic documents themselves or a list of the retrieved electronic documents, is transmitted from the document providing device to the terminal device.
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1. A document processing system comprising:
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a document providing unit for providing an electronic document; an authoring unit; and a document server including a database for storing said electronic document and an identifier of said electronic document, said document providing unit comprising transmission means for transmitting a set of said electronic document and said identifier or only said identifier to said authoring unit, said authoring unit comprising; a receiver; a transmitter; authoring means for adding to said electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and control means for controlling said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver such that when the set of said electronic document and the identifier or only said identifier is received via said receiver, said control means controls said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver depending upon the content of the received data so as to store the tagged electronic document associated with the electronic document in the database of said document server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An authoring apparatus comprising:
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a receiver; a transmitter; authoring means for adding to said electronic document a tag indicating the structure of said electronic document thereby producing a tagged electronic document; and control means for controlling said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver in such a manner that when a set of an electronic document and an associated identifier or only an identifier is received via said receiver, said control means controls said authoring means, said transmitter and said receiver depending upon the content of the received data such that a tagged electronic document associated with said electronic document is transmitted via said transmitter to a document server having a database and said tagged electronic document is stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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