Document management systems, apparatuses and methods configured to provide document notification
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1. A system for providing document management services to a terminal, said system comprising:
- (a) a document management application embodied in a non-transitory medium and including instructions executable by a computer to provide a plurality of application functions, the plurality of application functions including a document registration function to register documents in a document database, and an access function to retrieve a specified document, or document data for the specified document, from the document database; and
(b) an application user interface apparatus configured to communicate through a network with the document management application, the application user interface apparatus including a non-transitory storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed, configure the application user interface apparatus to include;
an application interface part configured to communicate through the network with the document management application, to obtain document data for the specified document;
an operations user interface part configured to provide to the application user a notification user interface configured for specification, by the application user, of a notification destination of another user that is different from the application user; and
a notification transmitting part configured to transmit a notification, indicating that the specified document has been accessed by the application user, from the application user interface apparatus through the network to the specified notification destination of said another user, the notification including at least a portion of the document data for the specified document,wherein the notification transmitted by the notification transmitting part includes a document viewer displaying at least a viewable portion of the specified document accessed by the application user.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for providing document management services to a terminal, wherein a document notification is provided to one or more notification destinations.
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1. A system for providing document management services to a terminal, said system comprising:
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(a) a document management application embodied in a non-transitory medium and including instructions executable by a computer to provide a plurality of application functions, the plurality of application functions including a document registration function to register documents in a document database, and an access function to retrieve a specified document, or document data for the specified document, from the document database; and (b) an application user interface apparatus configured to communicate through a network with the document management application, the application user interface apparatus including a non-transitory storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed, configure the application user interface apparatus to include; an application interface part configured to communicate through the network with the document management application, to obtain document data for the specified document; an operations user interface part configured to provide to the application user a notification user interface configured for specification, by the application user, of a notification destination of another user that is different from the application user; and a notification transmitting part configured to transmit a notification, indicating that the specified document has been accessed by the application user, from the application user interface apparatus through the network to the specified notification destination of said another user, the notification including at least a portion of the document data for the specified document, wherein the notification transmitted by the notification transmitting part includes a document viewer displaying at least a viewable portion of the specified document accessed by the application user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A document access apparatus configured to access a document management application, including a plurality of application functions, through a network, the plurality of application functions including a document registration function to register documents in a document database, and an access function to retrieve a specified document, or document data for the specified document, said document access apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium embodying instructions executable to configure the document access apparatus to include:
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an application interface part configured to communicate through the network with the document management application, to obtain document data for the specified document; an operations user interface part configured to provide to an application user a notification user interface configured for specification, by the application user, of a notification destination of another user that is different from the application user, in connection with the specified document; and a notification transmitting part configured to transmit a notification, indicating that the specified document has been accessed by the application user, through the network to the specified notification destination of said another user, the notification including at least a portion of the document data for the specified document, wherein the notification transmitted by the notification transmitting part includes a document viewer displaying at least a viewable portion of the specified document accessed by the application user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing document management services via a document management application, including a plurality of application functions, to a terminal, the plurality of application functions including a document registration function to register documents in a document database, and an access function to retrieve a specified document, or document data for the specified document, said method comprising the steps of:
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communicating by an application user interface apparatus through the network with the document management application, to obtain document data for the specified document; providing by the application user interface apparatus to an application user a notification user interface, and receiving through the notification user interface, specification of a notification destination of another user that is different from the application user, in connection with the specified document; and transmitting, by a notification transmitting part of the application user interface apparatus, a notification, indicating that the specified document has been accessed by the application user, from the application user interface apparatus through the network to the specified notification destination of said another user, wherein the notification transmitted by the notification transmitting part includes a document viewer displaying at least a viewable portion of the specified document accessed by the application user.
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