Document management device, document management method, and computer program product
First Claim
1. A document management device comprising:
- a document storage unit configured to store therein pieces of document data;
a relationship-information storage unit configured to store therein relationship information indicating a parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit;
a document selecting unit configured to select a piece of document data from among the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit as a selected piece of document data;
a searching unit configured to search for related-document information that is relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data, wherein the searching unit is configured to stop searching when an upper limit for the relationship information is reached; and
a creating unit configured to create from the related-document information retrieved by the searching unit a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit.
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Abstract
An operating unit selects a piece of document data from among a plurality of pieces of document data from a document database. A relationship-information searching unit searches a relationship information database that stores relationship information in the form of parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data, for the relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data. A related-document-list creating unit creates from the retrieved relationship information, a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data. A display unit displays the pieces of document data related to the selected piece of document data on a single screen based on the list.
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15 Claims
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1. A document management device comprising:
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a document storage unit configured to store therein pieces of document data; a relationship-information storage unit configured to store therein relationship information indicating a parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit; a document selecting unit configured to select a piece of document data from among the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit as a selected piece of document data; a searching unit configured to search for related-document information that is relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data, wherein the searching unit is configured to stop searching when an upper limit for the relationship information is reached; and a creating unit configured to create from the related-document information retrieved by the searching unit a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A document management method comprising:
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storing, in a document storage unit, pieces of document data; storing, in a relationship-information storage unit, relationship information indicating a parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit; selecting a piece of document data from among the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit as a selected piece of document data; searching for related-document information that is relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data; stopping the searching when an upper limit for the relationship information is reached; and creating, from the related-document information retrieved at the searching, a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a document management program that implements a document management method, the document management method comprising:
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storing, in a document storage unit, pieces of document data; storing, in a relationship-information storage unit, relationship information indicating a parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit; selecting a piece of document data from among the pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit as a selected piece of document data; searching for related-document information that is relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data; stopping the searching when an upper limit for the relationship information is reached; and creating, from the related-document information retrieved at the searching, a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data stored in the document storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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