Apparatus and method of generating document

• US 8,255,356 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2007
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ushiku, Toyohiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Radtke, Mark Andrew X
• Application Number:
  US11/736,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,959 Days
• Field of Search: 707/603
• US Class Current: 707/603
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

An apparatus receives an instruction indicating a time when a query for the data acquisition is to be executed. The apparatus executes the query at the time indicated in the received instruction, and generates a document using data acquired from the execution of the query.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain one of first and second scripts, wherein the first script is configured to perform a first query to acquire first data at a time defined in the first script and the second script is configured to perform second and third queries to acquire second and third data, wherein an interval between the second and third queries is defined in the second script;

an executing unit configured to execute the obtained one of the first and second scripts, wherein the first query is performed using the first script at the defined time and the first data is acquired and the second and third queries are performed using the second script in the interval and the second and third data is acquired;

a generating unit configured to generate, in response to the obtaining unit obtaining the one of first and second scripts, a document using a layout definition corresponding to the first and second scripts and using the first data acquired by performing the first query and using the second and third data acquired by performing the second and third queries in the interval; and

at least one processor unit coupled via a bus to a memory unit, wherein the at least one processor unit is configured to control at least one of the obtaining unit, the executing unit, and the generating unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the executing unit executes the second script and stores the acquired second and third data with identifiers for identifying the second and third queries through which the second and third data is acquired.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generating unit generates a first document using a first layout definition as a style sheet and generates a second document using a second layout definition as a style sheet.

4. A method, comprising:

obtaining one of first and second scripts, wherein the first script is configured to perform a first query to acquire first data at a time defined in the first script and the second script is configured to perform second and third queries to acquire second and third data, wherein an interval between the second and third queries is defined in the second script;

executing, using at least one processor unit coupled via a bus to a memory unit, the obtained one of the first and second scripts, wherein the first query is performed using the first script at the defined time and the first data is acquired and the second and third queries are performed using the second script in the interval and the second and third data is acquired; and

generating, in response to obtaining the one of first and second scripts, a document using a layout definition corresponding to the first and second scripts and using the first data acquired by performing the first query and using the second and third data acquired by performing the second and third queries in the interval.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising storing the acquired second and third data with identifiers for identifying the second and third queries through which the second and third data is acquired.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program that causes an apparatus to perform the method according to claim 4.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise storing the acquired second and third data with identifiers for identifying the second and third queried through which the second and third data is acquired.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6, wherein generating includes generating a first document using a first layout definition as a style sheet and generating a second document using a second layout definition as a style sheet.

9. The method according to claim 4, wherein generating includes generating a first document using a first layout definition as a style sheet and generating a second document using a second layout definition as a style sheet.