Method and system for generating and outputting output condition properties and edit properties corresponding to a document

• US 7,929,162 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2004
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Mihira, Sachiko, Ito, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins; Twyler L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Guillermety; Fred
• Application Number:
  US10/981,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20050134888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,356 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.9, 715/744
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1802 Receiving generic data, e.g. fonts, colour palettes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/181 Receiving print data characterized by its formatting, e.g. particular page description languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1859 involving data processing distributed amongst different data processing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0017 Preparing data for the controlling system, e.g. status, memory data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa

Abstract

In a document outputting method for editing a document managed by a document management service, which provides the document when an edit or an output of the document is permitted, an output condition property candidate obtain request for obtaining an output condition property candidate including an edit property indicating edit contents executable for the document and an output property indicating an output method executable when the document is output is received, and the output condition property candidate is provided to a request originator sending the output condition property candidate obtain request.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented outputting system for providing an edit property indicating edit contents executable for a document and output condition property candidates each including an output property indicating an outputting method executable when the document is output, to a client terminal requesting an output of the document, said computer-implemented document outputting system comprising:

a document management service part configured as a Web service to provide the document stored in a memory, when an edit or an output of the document is permitted;

a first receiving part configured as a Web service to receive an obtain request of the output condition property candidates from the client terminal;

a candidate providing part configured as a Web service to provide the output condition property candidates to the client terminal;

a second receiving part configured as a Web service to receive a document output request including an output condition selected from the output condition property candidates;

an edit service part configured as a Web service to receive the document from the document management service part and to edit the document based on the output condition and a received document ticket corresponding to the document showing that the edit for the document is permitted, wherein the document ticket is created in response to a document ticket create request including a plurality of document identifications for each output; and

an output service part configured as a Web Service to receive an edited document from the edit service part and to output the edited document based on the output condition.

2. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output service part uses the document ticket showing that the output for the document is permitted.

3. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a document management service client part configured as a Web service to retrieve the document from the document management service part.

4. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an output property obtaining part configured as a Web service to obtain the output property.

5. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

an output service client part configured as a Web service to obtain the output property from the output property obtaining part.

6. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

an edit property obtaining part configured as a Web service to obtain the edit property.

7. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

an edit service client part configured as a Web service to obtain the edit property from the edit property obtaining part.

8. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

an output condition property candidate obtaining part configured as a Web service to obtain the output condition property candidates from the output property obtained by the output property obtaining part and the edit property obtained by the edit property obtaining part.

9. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein in a case of a plurality of the edit properties, the output condition property candidate obtaining part is configured to obtain a merged edit property in which the plurality of the edit properties are merged.

10. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the document is printed out, the output property includes as contents of the output property at least one of a capability of setting copies of the document, a capability of setting a sheet size to print out, a capability of printing both sides, a capability of collating copies, a capability of indicating a tray, a capability of printing multi-pages of the document on a single sheet, a capability of printing the document by a variable magnification, a capability of indicating a partial area in the document to print out, a capability of indicating a color print for the document, and a capability of setting a finisher.

11. The computer-implemented document outputting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edit property includes as contents of the edit property, at least one of a capability of pasting a stamp to the document, a capability of a drawing operation, a capability of deleting, copying, pasting, moving, or converting a color with respect to an indicated area, and a capability of continuously editing multi-pages.

12. A computer-implemented document outputting method for providing an edit property indicating edit contents executable for a document and output condition property candidates each including an output property indicating an outputting method executable when the document is output, to a client terminal requesting an output of the document, said document outputting method comprising:

providing, from a document management service part configured as a Web service, the document stored in a memory, when an edit or an output of the document is permitted;

receiving, at a first receiving part configured as a Web service, an obtain request of the output condition property candidates from the client terminal;

providing, from a candidate providing part configured as a Web service, the output condition property candidates to the client terminal;

receiving, at a second receiving part configured as a Web service, a document output request including an output condition selected from the output condition property candidates;

receiving, at an edit service part configured as a Web service, the document from the document management service part and editing the document based on the output condition and a received document ticket corresponding to the document showing that the edit for the document is permitted, wherein the document ticket is created in response to a document ticket create request including a plurality of document identifications for each output; and

receiving, at an output service part configured as a Web service, an edited document from the edit service part and outputting the edited document based on the output condition.