Relative document presenting system, relative document presenting method, and computer readable medium

• US 8,099,413 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US12/209,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20090240715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/724, 707/726, 707/728, 707/729, 707/730, 707/737, 707/749, 707/802, 707/821, 707/E17.005, 707/999.1, 707/999.107, 707/892, 707/743, 707/744, 707/745, 707/746, 707/747, 715/200, 715/243, 715/244, 715/245, 715/246, 715/248, 715/253
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A relative document presenting system includes: a first storage; a relevancy degree calculating unit; a receiving unit; a specifying unit; a totaling unit; and a presenting unit.

Claims

1. A relative document presenting system comprising:

a first storage that stores an arranging position of each of electronic documents arranged in each of a plurality of workspaces;

a second storage that stores a group to which each of the electronic documents belongs;

a relevancy degree calculating unit that, for each of the workspaces, calculates relevancy degrees between the electronic documents on the basis of the arranging position of each of the electronic documents in the workspaces stored in the first storage;

a receiving unit that receives designation of a target electronic document from a user;

a specifying unit that specifies an electronic document belonging to the same group as the target document designated by the user on the basis of the second storage;

a totaling unit that, for each of the electronic documents, totals relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspace;

a presenting unit that presents an electronic document related to the target electronic document among the electronic documents on the basis of a totaling result obtained by the totaling unit; and

a correcting unit that, in a case where the target electronic document and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit are arranged in the same workspace, corrects the relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspaces on the basis of a position relationship between an arranging position of the target electronic document and an arranging position of the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in the workspaces,

wherein the totaling unit totals the relevancy degree corrected by the correcting unit.

2. The relative document presenting system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the totaling unit, in a case where a group of electronic documents within workspaces are subjected to predetermined line-up processing, excludes the relevancy degrees between the electronic documents in the workspaces from an object for totaling.

3. A relative document presenting system comprising:

a first storage that stores an arranging position of each of electronic documents arranged in each of a plurality of workspaces;

a second storage that stores a group to which each of the electronic documents belongs;

a relevancy degree calculating unit that, for each of the workspaces, calculates relevancy degrees between the electronic documents on the basis of the arranging position of each of the electronic documents in the workspaces stored in the first storage;

a receiving unit that receives designation of a target electronic document from a user;

a specifying unit that specifies an electronic document belonging to the same group as the target document designated by the user on the basis of the second storage;

a totaling unit that, for each of the electronic documents, totals relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspace;

a presenting unit that presents an electronic document related to the target electronic document among the electronic documents on the basis of a totaling result obtained by the totaling unit; and

an acquiring unit that acquires number of the electronic document specified by the specifying unit on the basis of the first storage, and that converts the acquired number into a reliable degree on the basis of a predetermined conversion information,

wherein

the presenting unit presents the information indicating the related electronic document related to the target electronic document, correlated with the reliable degree.

4. A relative document presenting system comprising:

a first storage that stores an arranging position of each of electronic documents arranged in each of a plurality of workspaces;

a second storage that stores a group to which each of the electronic documents belongs;

a relevancy degree calculating unit that, for each of the workspaces, calculates relevance degrees between the electronic documents on the basis of the arranging position of each of the electronic documents in the workspaces stored in the first storage;

a receiving unit that receives designation of a target electronic document from a user;

a specifying unit that specifies an electronic document belonging to the same group as the target document designated by the user on the basis of the second storage;

a totaling unit that, for each of the electronic documents, totals relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspace;

a presenting unit that presents an electronic document related to the target electronic document among the electronic documents on the basis of a totaling result obtained by the totaling unit;

a third storage that stores users corresponding to the workspaces and determination information for determining an intensity of relevancy between the users; and

a determining unit that, on the basis of the determination information, determines the intensity of relevancy between a first user who designates the target electronic document for the receiving unit and a second user corresponding to a workspace on which each of the electronic documents is arranged,

wherein

the collecting unit corrects the relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and the relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspaces, and totals the corrected relevancy degrees, respectively.

5. A relative document presenting method comprising:

storing an arranging position of each of electronic documents arranged in each of a plurality of workspaces;

storing a group to which each of the electronic documents belongs;

calculating, for each of the workspaces, the relevancy degrees between the electronic documents on the basis of the arranging position of each of the electronic documents in the workspaces stored in the first storage;

receiving designation of a target electronic document from a user;

specifying an electronic document belonging to the same group as the target document designated by the user;

totaling, for each of the electronic documents, relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspace;

presenting an electronic document related to the target electronic document among the electronic documents on the basis of a totaling result obtained in the totaling of the relevancy degree; and

correcting, in a case where the target electronic document and the electronic document specified are arranged in the same workspace, the relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified in each of the workspaces on the basis of a position relationship between an arranging position of the target electronic document and an arranging position of the electronic document specified in the workspaces,

wherein the totaling totals the relevancy degree corrected.

6. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for presenting a relevant document, the process comprising:

storing an arranging position of each of electronic documents arranged in each of a plurality of workspaces;

storing a group to which each of the electronic documents belongs;

calculating, for each of the workspaces, the relevancy degrees between the electronic documents on the basis of the arranging position of each of the electronic documents in the workspaces stored in the first storage;

receiving designation of a target electronic document from a user;

specifying an electronic document belonging to the same group as the target document designated by the user;

totaling, for each of the electronic documents, relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the target electronic document and relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified by the specifying unit in each of the workspaces;

presenting an electronic document related to the target electronic document among the electronic documents on the basis of a totaling result obtained in the totaling of the relevancy degrees; and

correcting, in a case where the target electronic document and the electronic document specified are arranged in the same workspace, the relevancy degrees between each of the electronic documents and the electronic document specified in each of the workspaces on the basis of a position relationship between an arranging position of the target electronic document and an arranging position of the electronic document specified in the workspaces,

wherein the totaling totals the relevancy degree corrected.