Document processing system, information processing unit, display medium, computer readable medium, document processing method, and computer data signal

• US 8,375,284 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirose, Yoshitsugu, Hattori, Hiroyuki, Shimada, Toshiroh, Shoya, Tomoyuki, Sasaki, Shigehiko, Koshimizu, Minoru, Tokai, Kiwame, Hasegawa, Sho, Ishikawa, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBINSON, MARSHON L
• Application Number:
  US11/497,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,386 Days
• Field of Search: 726/26, 707/9, 715/255, 715/272, 715/277, 715/205, 715/234
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A document processing system includes: a document management server that manages document data and an access key to access to the document data in association with each other; and an information processing unit including: a processing section; and a display detachably linked to the processing section by one of wired and wireless connection, the display holding an image of a document, the display storing the access key to access to the document data, the processing section comprising: a connection section to which the display is linked so as to read the access key from the display; a document acquisition section that acquires the document data corresponding to the access key read from the display from the document management server; and a document processing section that processes the document data acquired from the document management server.

Claims

1. A document processing system comprising:

a document management server that manages document data and an access key to access the document data managed in association with each other, the access key including at least a document ID for identifying the document data; and

an information processing unit comprising;

a processing section; and

a removable display, detachably linked to the processing section by one of a wired and a wireless connection, the removable display displaying an image of a document corresponding to the document data and the removable display storing the access key to access the document data,

the processing section comprising;

a connection section to which the removable display is linked so as to read the access key from the removable display when the removable display is connected to or placed in close proximity to the processing section;

a document acquisition section that acquires the document data, corresponding to the access key read from the removable display, from the document management server, and adds a user ID of a user operating the information processing unit to the access key; and

a document processing section that processes the document data acquired from the document management server; and

an access log management unit that stores an access log associating the document ID of the access key and the user ID added to the access key with each other as the processing section acquires the document data based on the access key from the document management server,

wherein when the user receives the removable display from another user and connects the removable display to the processing section, the document acquisition section acquires the document data from the document management server, the document data having been previously displayed to another user on the removable display, and

wherein the removable display is an electronic paper capable of holding an image in a no-power supply state or the removable display is a transfer type write type electronic paper.

2. The document processing system of claim 1, wherein the access log management unit stores the document data and the processing section with each other as the processing section acquires the document data based on the access key from the document management server.

3. The document processing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a use log management unit that stores a use log associating the document data with a different document data created by using the document data,

wherein the removable display holds the image of the document with an image indicating a relationship between the different document and the document based on the use log corresponding to the document.

8. The document processing system of claim 1, wherein the removable display is a self-write type electronic paper.

13. The document processing system of claim 1, wherein the access key further includes permission information indicating permitted processing.

18. The document processing system of claim 1, wherein when the document acquisition section acquires the document data from the document management server and when the document data contains two or more page, but all of the pages are not displayed on the removable display, the document processing section processes the document data so that all of the pages can be read.

4. An information processing unit comprising:

a processing section; and

a removable display that is detachably linked to the processing section by one of a wired and a wireless connection, that displays an image of a document corresponding to a document data and stores an access key to access the document data, the access key including at least a document ID for identifying the document data,

the processing section comprising;

a connection section to which the removable display is linked for reading the access key from the removable display when the removable display is connected to or placed in close proximity to the processing section;

a document acquisition section that acquires the document data based on the access key read from the removable display, the document data being managed in association with the access key in a document management server, and adds a user ID of a user operating the information processing unit to the access key; and

a document processing section that processes the document data acquired from the document management server, wherein

when the user receives the removable display from another user and connects the removable display to the processing section, the document acquisition section acquires the document data from the document management server, the document data having been previously displayed to another user on the removable display, and

an access log management unit stores an access log associating the document ID of the access key and the user ID added to the access key with each other as the processing section acquires the document data based on the access key from the document management server, and

wherein the removable display is an electronic paper capable of holding an image in a no-power supply state or the removable display is a transfer type write type electronic paper.

9. The information processing unit of claim 4, wherein the removable display is a self-write type electronic paper.

14. The information processing unit of claim 4, wherein the access key further includes permission information indicating permitted processing.

19. The information processing unit of claim 4, wherein when the document acquisition section acquires the document data from the document management server and when the document data contains two or more page, but all of the pages are not displayed on the removable display, the document processing section processes the document data so that all of the pages can be read.

5. A removable display medium comprising:

a memory,

the removable display detachably linked to a processing section by one of a wired and a wireless connection and displaying of an image of a document so as to acquire document data from a document management server and process the document data, the document management server managing the document data and an access key for access to the document data in association with each other, the removable display medium storing the access key to access the document data in the memory, the access key including at least a document ID for identifying the document data, the access key being read from the removable display medium when it is connected to or placed in close proximity to the processing section, wherein

when a user receives the removable display from another user and connects the removable display to the processing section, the removable display acquires the document data from the document management server, the document data having been previously displayed to another user on the removable display,

the processing section adds a user ID of the user operating the information processing unit to the access key, and

an access log management unit stores an access log associating the document ID of the access key and the user ID added to the access key with each other as the processing section acquires the document data based on the access key from the document management server, and

wherein the removable display is an electronic paper capable of holding an image in a no-power supply state or the removable display is a transfer type write type electronic paper.

10. The removable display medium of claim 5, wherein the removable display medium is a self-write type electronic paper.

15. The removable display medium of claim 5, wherein the access key further includes permission information indicating permitted processing.

20. The removable display medium of claim 5, wherein when the document data is acquired from the document management server and when the document data contains two or more page, but all of the pages are not displayed on the removable display, the document processing section processes the document data so that all of the pages can be read.

6. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for serving as a processing section of an information processing unit so as to acquire document data from a document management server and process the document data,

the information processing unit comprising:

a removable display detachably linked to the processing section by one of a wired and a wireless connection, the removable display displaying an image of a document corresponding to the document data and the removable display storing an access key to access the document data, the access key including at least a document ID for identifying the document data,

the process comprising;

reading the access key from the removable display that is linked to the processing section by one of the wired and the wireless connection when the removable display is connected to or placed in close proximity to the processing section,

acquiring the document data based on the access key, the document data being managed in association with the access key in the document management server,

adding a user ID of a user operating the information processing unit to the access key,

processing the document data that is acquired from the document management server, and

storing an access log associating the document ID of the access key and the user ID added to the access key with each other as the document data is acquired based on the access key from the document management server,

wherein a when user receives the removable display from another user and connects the removable display to the processing section, the acquiring includes acquiring the document data from the document management server, the document data having been previously displayed to another user on the removable display, and

wherein the removable display is an electronic paper capable of holding an image in a no-power supply state or the removable display is a transfer type write type electronic paper.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the removable display medium is a self-write type electronic paper.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the access key further includes permission information indicating permitted processing.

7. A document processing method executed by a document processing system comprising:

a document management server that manages document data and an access key to access the document data in association with each other; and

an information processing unit comprising;

a processing section; and

a removable display detachably linked to the processing section by one of a wired and a wireless connection, the removable display holding an image of a document corresponding to the document data and the removable display storing the access key, the access key including at least a document ID for identifying the document data,

the document processing method comprising;

reading the access key from the removable display linked to the processing section by one of the wired and the wireless connection when the removable display is connected to or placed in close proximity to the processing section;

acquiring the document data corresponding to the access key from the document management server;

adding a user ID of a user operating the information processing unit to the access key;

processing the document data acquired from the document management server; and

storing an access log associating the document ID of the access key and the user ID added to the access key with each other as the document data is acquired based on the access key from the document management server,

wherein when a user receives the removable display from another user and connects the removable display to the processing section, the acquiring includes acquiring the document data from the document management server, the document data having been previously displayed to another user on the removable display, and

wherein the removable display is an electronic paper capable of holding an image in a no-power supply state or the removable display is a transfer type write type electronic paper.

12. The document processing method of claim 7, where in the removable display is a self-write type electronic paper.

17. The document processing method of claim 7, wherein the access further includes permission information indicating permitted processing.