Document management user interface with user customized application functionalities
First Claim
1. A document access apparatus for streamlining access to a document management application in a document management system, said document access apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs of instructions executable by the processor, said programs of instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the document access apparatus to include:
- a user registration part configured to provide a registration user interface for registration of a specific user in a registration session, and selection, by the specific user, of specific ones of a plurality of application functionalities of a document management apparatus, to be performed in response to request of the specific user in a later operations session, and register the selected application functionalities along with, for each one of the selected application functionalities, one or more user-specified parameters specified by the specific user in connection with the user registration;
a user information maintenance part configured to maintain, for the specific user, user information including functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered by the user information maintenance part for the specific user; and
an application operations part configured to retrieve upon login by the specific user in the later operations session, the functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, and provide in the later session an operations user interface configured to receive from the specific user the request to perform a selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, causing the document access apparatus to access the selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user,wherein the application operations part displays the user-specified parameters selected during the registration session for the selected application functionality via the operations user interface, before performing the selected application functionality on a basis of the user-specified parameters.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for accessing a document management application through a network, wherein for each application user, application functionalities in the application user interface are customized for that application user by means of a registration user interface through which specific application functionalities can be selected and registered for the application user.
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22 Claims
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1. A document access apparatus for streamlining access to a document management application in a document management system, said document access apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs of instructions executable by the processor, said programs of instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the document access apparatus to include:
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a user registration part configured to provide a registration user interface for registration of a specific user in a registration session, and selection, by the specific user, of specific ones of a plurality of application functionalities of a document management apparatus, to be performed in response to request of the specific user in a later operations session, and register the selected application functionalities along with, for each one of the selected application functionalities, one or more user-specified parameters specified by the specific user in connection with the user registration; a user information maintenance part configured to maintain, for the specific user, user information including functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered by the user information maintenance part for the specific user; and an application operations part configured to retrieve upon login by the specific user in the later operations session, the functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, and provide in the later session an operations user interface configured to receive from the specific user the request to perform a selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, causing the document access apparatus to access the selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, wherein the application operations part displays the user-specified parameters selected during the registration session for the selected application functionality via the operations user interface, before performing the selected application functionality on a basis of the user-specified parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing document management services on a terminal, said system comprising:
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a document management apparatus configured to execute a document management application having a plurality of application functionalities; an application user interface apparatus configured to communicate through a network with the document management apparatus, the application user interface apparatus including a processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs of instructions executable by the processor, said programs of instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the document access apparatus to include; a user registration part configured to provide a registration user interface for registration of a specific user in a registration session, and selection, by the specific user, of specific ones of a plurality of application functionalities of a document management apparatus, to be performed in response to request of the specific user in a later operations session, and register the selected application functionalities along with, for each one of the selected application functionalities, one or more user-specified parameters specified by the specific user in connection with the user registration; a user information maintenance part configured to maintain, for the specific user, user information including functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered by the user information maintenance part for the specific user; and an application operations part configured to retrieve upon login by the specific user in the later session, the functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, and provide in the later session an operations user interface configured to receive from the specific user the request to perform a selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, causing the document access apparatus to access the selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, wherein the application operations part displays the user-specified parameters selected during the registration session for the selected application functionality via the operations user interface, before performing the selected application functionality on a basis of the user-specified parameters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for streamlining access in a document management system including an application user interface apparatus configured to communicate through a network with a document management apparatus that is configured to execute a document management application having a plurality of application functionalities, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing, by the application user interface apparatus in a registration session, a registration user interface for registration of a specific user and selection, by the specific user, of specific ones of a plurality of application functionalities, to be performed in response to request of the specific user in a later operations session, and register the selected application functionalities along with, for each one of the selected application functionalities, one or more user-specified parameters specified by the specific user in connection with the user registration; (b) maintaining, by the application user interface apparatus, for the specific user, user information including functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered in (a) for the specific user; (c) retrieving upon login by the specific user in the later session, the functionalities information indicating the specific application functionalities registered in (a) for the specific user, and providing in the later session an operations user interface configured to receive from the specific user the request to perform a selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user, causing the document access apparatus to access the selected application functionality amongst the specific application functionalities registered for the specific user; and (d) displaying the user-specified parameters selected during the registration session in (a) for the selected application functionality via the operations user interface, before performing the selected application functionality on a basis of the user-specified parameters. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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