Method and apparatus for managing file
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1. A method for managing a file, the method comprising:
- periodically receiving image data picked-up and input by a camera oriented toward a plurality of users who are to access a file together in a conference system that is accessed simultaneously by the plurality of users;
identifying a combination of authenticated personal identifications (IDs) of the plurality of users by recognizing faces of the plurality of users in the received image data by referring to a database to acquire a combination of personal IDs as the combination of authenticated personal IDs;
setting an access right to a type of file operation for the file as permitted, in response to the combination of authenticated personal IDs satisfying a predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation, and cancelling an access right to a type of file operation for the file as not permitted, in response to the authenticated personal IDs not satisfying the predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation;
storing permitted and not permitted access rights to respective files in association with the authenticated personal IDs in an access right database;
displaying a list of shared file icons of files and a content of a file selected from the list of file icons, wherein each file icon represents the permitted and not permitted access right set for the type of file operation of the file associated with that file icon;
displaying a pop-up window that displays access right information for a file denoted by an icon in response to moving a cursor of a mouse onto the icon;
controlling, using a central processing unit, a file operation for the file by the plurality of users based on the access right set for the type of file operation of the file;
creating, for each of the plurality of displayed shared files, a file icon that graphically conveys determined permitted and not permitted access rights for a shared file;
dynamically changing a displayed file icon in response to change in the permitted and not permitted access right in the access right database for a file associated with that displayed icon; and
receiving instructions from an author of a file during file sharing to change a number of files in a shared folder located in a shared file database and, in response to the number of files in the shared folder located in the shared file database being changed, sending out an access right change notification to icon creation unit to acquire a status of the file access right.
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Abstract
A method for managing a file includes: acquiring at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file; setting a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of operation for the file; and controlling a file operation based on the set file operation method.
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1. A method for managing a file, the method comprising:
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periodically receiving image data picked-up and input by a camera oriented toward a plurality of users who are to access a file together in a conference system that is accessed simultaneously by the plurality of users; identifying a combination of authenticated personal identifications (IDs) of the plurality of users by recognizing faces of the plurality of users in the received image data by referring to a database to acquire a combination of personal IDs as the combination of authenticated personal IDs; setting an access right to a type of file operation for the file as permitted, in response to the combination of authenticated personal IDs satisfying a predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation, and cancelling an access right to a type of file operation for the file as not permitted, in response to the authenticated personal IDs not satisfying the predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation; storing permitted and not permitted access rights to respective files in association with the authenticated personal IDs in an access right database; displaying a list of shared file icons of files and a content of a file selected from the list of file icons, wherein each file icon represents the permitted and not permitted access right set for the type of file operation of the file associated with that file icon; displaying a pop-up window that displays access right information for a file denoted by an icon in response to moving a cursor of a mouse onto the icon; controlling, using a central processing unit, a file operation for the file by the plurality of users based on the access right set for the type of file operation of the file; creating, for each of the plurality of displayed shared files, a file icon that graphically conveys determined permitted and not permitted access rights for a shared file; dynamically changing a displayed file icon in response to change in the permitted and not permitted access right in the access right database for a file associated with that displayed icon; and receiving instructions from an author of a file during file sharing to change a number of files in a shared folder located in a shared file database and, in response to the number of files in the shared folder located in the shared file database being changed, sending out an access right change notification to icon creation unit to acquire a status of the file access right. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for managing a file, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor and memory; a receiving unit configured to periodically receive image data picked-up and input by a camera oriented toward a plurality of users who are to access a file together in a conference system that is accessed simultaneously by the plurality of users; an identifying unit configured to identify a combination of authenticated personal identifications (IDs) of the plurality of users by recognizing faces of the plurality of users in the received image data by referring to a database to acquire a combination of personal IDs as the combination of authenticated personal IDs; a setting unit configured to set an access right to a type of file operation for the file as permitted, in response to the combination of authenticated personal IDs satisfying a predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation, and to cancel an access right to a type of file operation for the file as not permitted, in response to the authenticated personal IDs not satisfying the predetermined combination of personal IDs for permitting the type of file operation; a storing unit configured to store permitted and not permitted access rights to respective files in association with the authenticated personal IDs in an access right database; a displaying unit configured to display a list of shared file icons of files and a content of a file selected from the list of file icons, wherein each file icon represents the permitted and not permitted access right set for the type of file operation of the file associated with that file icon, and configured to display a pop-up window that displays access right information for a file denoted by an icon in response to moving a cursor of a mouse onto the icon; a controlling unit configured to control a file operation for the file by the plurality of users based on the access right set for the type of file operation of the file; an icon creation unit configured to create, for each of the plurality of displayed shared files, a file icon that graphically conveys determined permitted and not permitted access rights for a shared file; a change unit configured to dynamically change a displayed file icon in response to change in the permitted and not permitted access right in the access right database for a file associated with that displayed icon; a shared file control unit configured to receive instructions from an author of a file during file sharing to change a number of files in a shared folder located in a shared file database and, in response to the number of files in the shared folder located in the shared file database being changed, an access right change notification is sent out to the icon creation unit to acquire a status of the file access right; and a central processing unit configured to control at least one of the receiving unit, the identifying unit, the setting unit, the storing unit, the displaying unit, the controlling unit, the icon creation unit, the change unit, and the shared file control unit.
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12. A file management terminal to control access to electronic files in a conference system that is accessed simultaneously by a plurality of persons, even when the author, right holder, or person in charge of contents of a target electronic file are not accessing the conference system, the file management terminal comprising:
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a memory; a personal authentication unit configured to receive face image data picked-up and input from a camera oriented toward the plurality of persons accessing the conference system and to compare the received face image data to stored face information to acquire personal IDs as authenticated personal IDs based on the receive face image data; an access right management unit configured to determine, for each type of access to a target file, a permitted and not permitted access right to that target file based on both authenticated personal IDs received from the personal authentication unit and information in an access right management table, wherein each permitted and not permitted access right for a type of access to a target file in the access right management table is a based on a predetermined combination of personal IDs; a storing unit configured to store permitted and not permitted access rights to respective files in association with the authenticated personal IDs in an access right database; a displaying unit configured to display a list of shared file icons of files and a content of a file selected from the list of file icons, wherein each file icon represents the permitted and not permitted access right set for a type of file operation of the file associated with that file icon, and configured to display a pop-up window that displays access right information for a file denoted by an icon in response to moving a cursor of a mouse onto the icon; a controlling unit configured to control a file operation for the file by the plurality of persons based on the access right set for the type of file operation of the file; an icon creation unit configured to create, for each of the plurality of displayed shared files, a file icon that graphically conveys determined permitted and not permitted access rights for a shared file; a change unit configured to dynamically change a displayed file icon in response to change in the permitted and not permitted access right in the access right database for a file associated with that displayed icon; a shared file control unit configured to receive instructions from an author of a file during file sharing to change a number of files in a shared folder located in a shared file database and, in response to the number of files in the shared folder located in the shared file database being changed, the access right management unit sends out an access right change notification to the icon creation unit to acquire a status of the file access right; and a central processing unit configured to control at least one of the personal authentication unit, the access right management unit, the storing unit, the displaying unit, the controlling unit, the icon creation unit, the change unit, and the shared file control unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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