Document management server, information terminal apparatus, image forming apparatus, document managing method, and program

• US 7,676,512 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Issued: 03/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakashima, Takashi, Yoshida, Michihiro, Sato, Hiroyoshi, Kuroda, Hiroyoshi, Yamamoto, Hiroshi, Sakai, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo; James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Moser; Bruce M
• Application Number:
  US11/443,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20060274367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 707/9, 707/104.1, 707/102, 707/1, 707/200, 715/200, 358/1.15, 358/1.5, 719/318
• US Class Current: 707/608
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1224 Client or server resources management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1265 Printing by reference, e.g. retrieving document/image data for a job from a source mentioned in the job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

When a certain file is updated, a document management server determines whether a “registration state information mail” is set for that file, and after that, performs “self information mail” setting processing. Computer requests the document management server to transmit an electronic file, and prints and displays the electronic file according to an operation definition corresponding to the file format of the received electronic file. MFP inquires whether the document to be displayed is an electronic file stored in the document management server or an electronic file recorded on an external storage medium. Further, in response to an operation of a touch panel, MFP changes a magnifying power of display data, and rotates an image to change the direction by setting the central position of the rotation to a display center of an image being currently displayed.

Claims

1. A document management server that stores a plurality of files, comprising:

a file storing section that stores files;

a user information storage section that stores, for each of the files, user information defining relations between the file and users who are permitted to operate the file;

a first setting section which sets first setting information defining that when a user operates a file, a first notification information notifying that the file is operated is transmitted to users excepting the user among users who are permitted to operate the file based on the user information stored in the user information storage section;

a second setting section which sets second setting information defining a file and a user to whom second notification information notifying that the file is operated is transmitted; and

a transmitting section that transmits the first and second notification information which indicates that a respective file was operate, based on the first and second setting information when a file is operated,

wherein the first notification information has the same contents as the second notification information; and

when a same user exists between users who are to be informed of the first notification information based on the first setting information and a user who is to be informed of the second notification information based on the second setting information, the transmitting section transmits either of the first notification information and the second notification information.

2. The document management server according to claim 1,

wherein the user information storage section comprises an address list storage section that stores a basic address list and an edit address list that is edited to an address of a user who has a predetermined relationship with the user from an address of the basic address list,

the document management server further comprising:

a receiving section that receives address acquisition request information for requesting acquisition of an address and model information of and from an information terminal connected via a network by user; and

a deciding section that decides an address list to be transmitted to the information terminal from the address lists stored in the address list storage section based on the received model information when the receiving section receives the address acquisition request information and the model information, and

wherein the transmitting section transmits the address list decided by the deciding section to the information terminal.

3. The document management server according to claim 2, wherein the deciding section decides whether an address list to be transmitted to the information terminal should be a combination of both the basic address list and the edit address list or only the edit address list.

4. The document management server according to claim 2, further comprising:

an address list setting section that sets an address list to be transmitted to the information terminal, and

wherein the deciding section decides an address list to be transmitted to the information terminal from the address list stored in the address list storage section based on the model information received by the receiving section and the address setting section.

5. The document management server according to claim 2,

wherein the receiving section receives a transmitting file and information for specifying a sender of the file;

and

wherein the transmitting section further comprises a transmission success or failure determining section that determines whether transmission of the file succeeds and transmits a message, which indicates success or failure of file transmission determined by the transmission success or failure determining section, to the address of the sender specified by the user identification information.

6. The document management server according to claim 2,

wherein the user information storage section stores multiple user identification information and notification addresses to be associated with each other;

and

wherein the transmitting section obtains a notification address corresponding to the user identification information stored in the user information storage section and transmits a message, which indicates success or failure of file transmission determined by the transmission success or failure determining section, to the obtained notification address.

7. The document management server according to claim 2,

wherein the receiving section receives address information of a distribution destination, and

the document management server further comprising:

a determining section that determines whether the address information of the distribution destination is a predetermined user; and

a creating section that creates a mail with link information that allows the specified file to be viewed when the determining section determines that the address information of the distribution destination is a predetermined user, and creates a mail to which the specified file is attached when the determining section determines that the address information of the distribution destination is a non-predetermined user.

8. The document management server according to claim 7,

wherein the creating section comprises an acknowledgement information generating section that generates acknowledgement information for receiving a notification of completion of reception of the file;

wherein the transmitting section further comprises an acknowledgement transmitting section that transmits the file, the acknowledgement information generated by the acknowledgement information generating section, and the mail created by the mail creating section to the notification address;

wherein the receiving section receives the acknowledgement information that notifies completion of reception of the file; and

wherein the acknowledgement transmitting section transmits a message, which indicates that the file is received at the transmission destination, to the notification address of a user who transmits the acknowledgement information.

9. A document managing method comprising:

a user information storing step of storing user information of a user, who can operate a file;

a first setting step of setting a notification of a file to be sent to a user excepting users, who operate the file, among users stored in the user information storage section when the file is operated;

a second setting step of setting a notification to be sent to a user when a predetermined file is operated by user setting; and

a transmitting step of transmitting first and second notification information, which indicates that a respective file is operated, to the users set by the first and second setting steps based on the first and second setting steps when the predetermined file is operated,

wherein the first notification has the same contents as the second notification; and

when a same user exists between users set by the first setting step and users set by the second setting step, the transmitting step transmits notification information of either of users to the user.

10. A program causing a computer to function as:

a user information storage section that stores user information of a user, who can operate a file;

a first setting section that sets a notification of a file to be sent to a user excepting users, who operate the file, among users stored in the user information storage section when the file is operated;

a second setting section that sets a notification to be sent to a user when a predetermined file is operated by user setting; and

a transmitting section that transmits first and second notification information, which indicates that a respective file is operated, to the users set by the first and second setting sections based on the first and second setting sections when the predetermined file is operated,

wherein the first notification has the same contents as the second notification; and

when a same user exists between users set by the first setting section and a user set by the second setting section, the transmitting section transmits notification information of either of users to the user.