Distributed and decentralized document management system and method
First Claim
1. A distributed and decentralized document management system including a first copier, a second copier, and a third copier, the second copier comprising:
- a creation portion that, in a case of copying an original document that includes an original document identifier and a first copier identifier that identifies the first copier that created the original document, creates a first derived document that includes a first derived document identifier and a second copier identifier that identifies the second copier, in the document management system, that creates the first derived document;
a transmission portion that transmits the original document identifier and the second copier identifier to the first copier that created the original document;
a receiving portion that receives the first derived document identifier and a third copier identifier that identifies the third copier, in the document management system, that further copies the first derived document;
a memory portion that stores the original document identifier, the first copier identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier in relation to each other;
a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier; and
a notification portion that conveys at least one information in the memory portion to a search requester when a search is conducted by the search portion,the copying, of the original document being performed by the second copier.
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Abstract
A document management system includes a memory portion that stores an original document identifier and a first derived document identifier in association with a second apparatus identifier, the original document identifier being provided to an original document, the first derived document identifier being provided to a first derived document created when the original document is copied, printed, edited, or sent by a first apparatus, the second apparatus identifier being provided to a second apparatus that further copies, prints, edits, or sends the first derived document; and a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the second apparatus identifier.
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6 Claims
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1. A distributed and decentralized document management system including a first copier, a second copier, and a third copier, the second copier comprising:
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a creation portion that, in a case of copying an original document that includes an original document identifier and a first copier identifier that identifies the first copier that created the original document, creates a first derived document that includes a first derived document identifier and a second copier identifier that identifies the second copier, in the document management system, that creates the first derived document; a transmission portion that transmits the original document identifier and the second copier identifier to the first copier that created the original document; a receiving portion that receives the first derived document identifier and a third copier identifier that identifies the third copier, in the document management system, that further copies the first derived document; a memory portion that stores the original document identifier, the first copier identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier in relation to each other; a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier; and a notification portion that conveys at least one information in the memory portion to a search requester when a search is conducted by the search portion, the copying, of the original document being performed by the second copier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A distributed and decentralized document management system comprising multiple copiers, each copier comprising:
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a creation portion that, in a case of copying an original document that includes an original document identifier and a first copier identifier that identifies a first copier that created the original document, creates a first derived document that includes a first derived document identifier and a second copier identifier that identifies a second copier, in the document management system, that creates the first derived document; a transmission portion that transmits the original document identifier and the second copier identifier to the first copier that created the original document; a receiving portion that receives the first derived document identifier and a third copier identifier that identifies a third copier, in the document management system, that further copies the first derived document; a memory portion that stores the original document identifier, the first copier identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier in relation to each other; a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier; and a notification portion that conveys at least one information in the memory portion to a search requester when a search is conducted by the search portion, the copying of the original document being performed by the second copier.
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5. A distributed and decentralized document management method comprising:
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creating, in a case of copying an original document that includes an original document identifier and a first copier identifier that identifies a first copier that created the original document, a first derived document that includes a first derived document identifier and a second copier identifier that identifies a second copier, in the document management system, that creates the first derived document; transmitting the original document identifier and the second copier identifier to the first copier that created the original document; receiving the first derived document identifier and a third copier identifier that identifies a third copier that further copies the first derived document; storing the original document identifier, the first copier identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier in relation to each other; searching for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier; and conveying at least one information to a search requester when a search is conducted, the copying of the original document being performed by the second copier.
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6. A distributed and decentralized document management copier comprising:
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a creation portion that, in a case of copying an original document that includes an original document identifier and a first copier identifier that identifies a first copier that created the original document, creates a first derived document that includes a first derived document identifier and a second copier identifier that identifies the document management copier that creates the first derived document; a transmission portion that transmits the original document identifier and the second copier identifier to the first copier that created the original document; a receiving portion that receives the first derived document identifier and a third copier identifier that identifies a third copier that further copies the first derived document; a memory portion that stores the original document identifier, the first copier identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier in relation to each other; a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the third copier identifier; and a notification portion that conveys at least one information in the memory portion to a search requester when a search is conducted by the search portion, the copying, of the original document being performed by the second copier.
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