Document processing apparatus, document processing system and data structure of document file

• US 20070192702A1
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Takano, Tadashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,086,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A document processing apparatus, including: a communication section to communicate with an external device; a document storage section to store a document file including a content portion and a menu information portion, wherein a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content is stored in the menu information portion; and a menu display control section to control the communication section so as to transmit the menu information of an accessed document file to the external device, when an access request for the document file is received from external device via the communication section.

Claims

1. A document processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication section to communicate with an external device;

a document storage section to store a document file including a content portion and a menu information portion, wherein a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content is stored in the menu information portion; and

a menu display control section to control the communication section so as to transmit the menu information of an accessed document file to the external device, when an access request for the document file is received from external device via the communication section.

2. The document processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a processing execution section to execute the processing for the content in accordance with an execution instruction information, when the execution instruction information relating to a processing selected at the external device based on the menu information is received.

3. The document processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the menu information is changed, when the executable processing for the content is changed in accordance with the processing executed by the processing execution section.

4. The document processing apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a returning section to control the communication section so as to return processing information relating to the processing executed by the processing execution section to the external device.

5. The document processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the menu display control section controls the communication section so as to transmit display data of a menu display corresponding to the menu information to the external device.

6. A document processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication section to communicate with an external device;

a document storage section to store a document file including a identification portion, a content portion and a menu information portion, wherein identification information is stored in the identification portion, a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content is stored in the menu information portion;

a search section to search a document file in the document storage section, when identification information from the external device is received via the communication section, wherein the identification portion of a searched document file stores identification information matches the identification information received at the communication section; and

a menu display control section to control the communication section so as to transmit the menu information of the searched document file to the external device.

7. The document processing apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a processing execution section to execute the processing for the content in accordance with an execution instruction information, when the execution instruction information relating to a processing selected at the external device based on the menu information is received.

8. The document processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the menu information is changed, when the executable processing for the content is changed in accordance with the processing executed by the processing execution section.

9. The document processing apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a returning section to control the communication section so as to return processing information relating to the processing. executed by the processing execution section to the external device.

10. The document processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the menu display control section controls the communication section so as to transmit display data of a menu display corresponding to the menu information to the external device.

11. The document processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the identification information is unique address information of a network allocated to the document file.

12. The document processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the unique address information is changed, when a storage location of the document file is changed.

13. The document processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the identification information is unique IP address allocated to the document file.

14. The document processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the unique IP address is changed, when a storage location of the document file is changed.

15. A document processing system, comprising:

a terminal device; and

a document processing apparatus connected to the terminal device,

wherein the terminal device comprises

a request transmitting section to transmit an access request for a document file to the document processing apparatus,

wherein the document processing apparatus comprises

a document storage section to store a document file including a content portion and a menu information portion,

wherein a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content is stored in the menu information portion, a request receiving section to receive the access request from the terminal device, and

a menu display control section to control the communication section so as to transmit the menu information of an accessed document file to the terminal device,

wherein the terminal device further comprises

a menu receiving section to receive the menu information from the document processing apparatus,

a selecting section to accept to select a processing based on the menu information, and

an instruction transmitting section to transmit an execution instruction information relating to the processing selected at the selecting section,

wherein the document processing apparatus further comprises

an instruction receiving section to receive the execution instruction information,

a processing execution section to execute the processing for the content in accordance with the execution instruction information, and

a returning section to return processing information relating to the processing executed by the processing execution section to the terminal device.

16. The document processing system of claim 15, wherein the menu information is changed, when the executable processing for the content is changed in accordance with the processing executed by the processing execution section.

17. The document processing system of claim 15, wherein the menu display control section controls the communication section so as to transmit display data of a menu display corresponding to the menu information to the terminal device.

18. A document processing system, comprising:

a terminal device; and

a document processing apparatus connected to the terminal device,

wherein the terminal device comprises

identification information transmitting section to transmit identification information for a document file to the document processing apparatus,

wherein the document processing apparatus comprises

a document storage section to store a document file including a identification portion, a content portion and a menu information portion, wherein identification information is stored in the identification portion, a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content is stored in the menu information portion;

identification information receiving section to receive the identification information from the terminal device,

a search section to search a document file in the document storage section, when identification information from the external device is received via the communication section, wherein the identification portion of a searched document file stores identification information matches the identification information received at the communication section; and

a menu display control section to control the communication section so as to transmit the menu information of the searched document file to the external device,

wherein the terminal device further comprises

a menu receiving section to receive the menu information from the document processing apparatus,

a selecting section to accept to select a processing based on the menu information, and

an instruction transmitting section to transmit an execution instruction information relating to the processing selected at the selecting section,

wherein the document processing apparatus further comprises

an instruction receiving section to receive the execution instruction information,

a processing execution section to execute the processing for the content in accordance with the execution instruction information, and

a returning section to return processing information relating to the processing executed by the processing execution section to the terminal device.

19. The document processing system of claim 18, wherein the menu information is changed, when the executable processing for the content is changed in accordance with the processing executed by the processing execution section.

20. The document processing system of claim 18, wherein the menu display control section controls the communication section so as to transmit display data of a menu display corresponding to the menu information to the terminal device.

21. The document processing system of claim 18, wherein the identification information is unique address information of a network allocated to the document file.

22. The document processing system of claim 21, wherein the unique address information is changed, when a storage location of the document file is changed.

23. The document processing system of claim 18, wherein the identification information is unique IP address allocated to the document file.

24. The document processing system of claim 23, wherein the unique IP address is changed, when a storage location of the document file is changed.

25. A data structure of a document file, comprising:

a content portion to store a content; and

a menu information portion to store menu information of executable processing for the content.

26. The data structure of claim 25, further comprising:

identification portion to store identification information.

27. The data structure of claim 26, wherein the identification information is unique address information of a network allocated to the document file.

28. The data structure of claim 26, wherein the identification information is unique IP address allocated to the document file.