MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT STORAGE SERVER, AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140123277A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: KAWASE, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US13/873,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A mobile terminal apparatus includes a detection unit, a transmission unit, an acquisition unit, and a permission unit. The detection unit detects current position information at a predetermined timing. The transmission unit transmits the current position information, user information that specifies a user, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired. The acquisition unit acquires a limited-access file, which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the current position information, in a case where the user is a registered user with a right to download the file. The permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where accessing of the file is commanded and a position specified by the current position information is included in the area.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a detection unit that detects current position information on a current position at a predetermined timing;

a transmission unit that transmits the current position information, user information that specifies a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired;

an acquisition unit that acquires a limited-access file from a document storage server that generates the limited-access file, which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an access permission area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the current position information, in a case where the user specified by the user information is a registered user with a right to download the file specified by the file specification information; and

a permission unit that gives permission to access the file in a case where accessing of the file is commanded and a position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is included in the access permission area.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an execution unit that executes an application program corresponding to the file, accessing of which is permitted by the permission unit,

wherein, in a case where the user moves from inside to outside the access permission area, the permission unit instructs the execution unit to revoke permission to access the file and the execution unit terminates execution of the application program in a case where the application program is being executed.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, in a case where the current position information is not detected by the detection unit at the predetermined timing and the application program corresponding to the file, accessing of which is permitted by the permission unit, is being executed, the execution unit terminates the application program in a case where the current position information is not detected over a predetermined time.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reception unit that receives authentication information input by the user,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires the limited-access file, which includes authentication information, from the document storage server, and

wherein the permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area and the authentication information input by the user matches the authentication information included in the limited-access file.

5. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a reception unit that receives authentication information input by the user,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires the limited-access file, which includes authentication information, from the document storage server, and

wherein the permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area and the authentication information input by the user matches the authentication information included in the limited-access file.

6. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a reception unit that receives authentication information input by the user,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires the limited-access file, which includes authentication information, from the document storage server, and

wherein the permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area and the authentication information input by the user matches the authentication information included in the limited-access file.

7. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires the limited-access file, which includes a file priority level representing a priority level according to the level of confidentiality of the file, from the document storage server, and

wherein the permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area and the file priority level is smaller than or equal to a predetermined priority level.

8. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires the limited-access file, which includes a file priority level representing a priority level according to the level of confidentiality of the file, from the document storage server, and

wherein the permission unit gives permission to access the file in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area and the file priority level is smaller than or equal to a predetermined priority level.

9. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein, in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area, the permission unit updates the access permission area information included in the limited-access file acquired by the acquisition unit in such a manner that an access permission area defined by the updated access permission area information includes the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit, and gives permission to access the file.

10. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area, the permission unit updates the access permission area information included in the limited-access file acquired by the acquisition unit in such a manner that an access permission area defined by the updated access permission area information includes the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit, and gives permission to access the file.

11. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein, in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area, the permission unit updates alternative access permission area information with the access permission area information, updates the access permission area information with information on a new access permission area that includes the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit, and gives permission to access the file.

12. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area, the permission unit updates alternative access permission area information with the access permission area information, updates the access permission area information with information on a new access permission area that includes the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit, and gives permission to access the file.

13. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein, in a case where the position specified by the current position information detected by the detection unit is outside the access permission area but in an alternative access permission area specified by the alternative access permission area information, the permission unit replaces the access permission area information with the alternative access permission area information and the alternative access permission area information with the access permission area information, and gives permission to access the file.

19. A document management system comprising:

the mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1; and

the document storage server according to claim 16.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

transmitting current position information, user information that specifies a user of a mobile terminal apparatus, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired;

acquiring a limited-access file from a document storage server that generates the limited-access file, which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an access permission area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the current position information, in a case where the user specified by the user information is a registered user with a right to download the file specified by the file specification information; and

giving permission to access the file in a case where accessing of the file is commanded and a position specified by the current position information is included in the access permission area.

15. A signal processing method comprising:

detecting current position information on a current position at a predetermined timing;

transmitting the current position information, user information that specifies a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired;

acquiring a limited-access file from a document storage server that generates the limited-access file, which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an access permission area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the current position information, in a case where the user specified by the user information is a registered user with a right to download the file specified by the file specification information; and

giving permission to access the file in a case where accessing of the file is commanded and a position specified by the current position information is included in the access permission area.

16. A document storage server comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires position information about a mobile terminal apparatus, user information that specifies a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired;

a generation unit that generates a limited-access file which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an access permission area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the position information, in a case where the user specified by the user information is a registered user with a right to download the file specified by the file specification information; and

a transmission unit that transmits the limited-access file generated by the generation unit to the mobile terminal apparatus.

17. The document storage server according to claim 16,

wherein, in a case where a plurality of files that are to be acquired are specified by the file specification information, the generation unit generates a limited-access file which includes the plurality of files and information on a single access permission area defined for the plurality of files in accordance with the position information.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a document storage program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

acquiring position information about a mobile terminal apparatus, user information that specifies a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, and file specification information that specifies a file that is to be acquired;

generating a limited-access file which includes the file and access permission area information that defines an access permission area from which the mobile terminal apparatus is allowed to access the file in accordance with the position information, in a case where the user specified by the user information is a registered user with a right to download the file specified by the file specification information; and

transmitting the limited-access file generated by the generation unit to the mobile terminal apparatus.