Storage medium for electronic information processing program, electronic information processing system, and electronic information processing method

• US 8,423,550 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kimura, Yoshiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Kimberly
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Hexing
• Application Number:
  US12/111,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,813 Days
• Field of Search: 707/791, 707/802, 707/737
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices

Abstract

A computer-readable medium includes a program including processes of correlating electronic information which is correlated to a first correlation location in a first correlation structure also to a second correlation location in a second correlation structure according to a correlation condition based on the first correlation location or the electronic information, and executing an operation on the electronic information or the first correlation location in the first correlation structure, wherein there can be switched permission and forbiddance of execution of at least a part of the operations, among the operations, which changes a correlation result in the correlating.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to function as:

a storage unit that stores electronic information according to a user instruction in a storage location within a storage structure;

a classifying unit that classifies the electronic information into a classification location within a classification structure, the classification being carried out according to a classification condition based on the storage location or the electronic information;

an operating unit that receives an operation instruction concerning the electronic information or the storage location while the storage structure is displayed on a display device, and executes an operation according to the operation instruction;

an access right storage unit that stores a normal access right data which is set in a normal access mode and a constraint access right data which is set in a constraint access mode; and

a switching unit that switches access mode from one of the normal and constraint access modes to another one of the normal and constraint access modes;

wherein, in the normal access mode, the operating unit executes the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data, the normal access right data being set regarding the electronic information or the storage structure;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit executes the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data when the execution of the operation does not change the classification within the classification structure;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit prevents execution of operation which causes the classification within the classification structure to be changed.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in which electronic information which is not a target of classification by the classifying unit becomes a target of classification, or in which electronic information which is a target of classification by the classifying unit becomes excluded from a target of classification.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the classification structure comprises a plurality of classification locations;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in which electronic information classified in a certain classification location is classified into another classification location.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the classification structure comprises a plurality of classification locations;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in which electronic information classified in a certain classification location is classified into another classification location.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on a storage location within the storage structure, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for changing a storage location of electronic information from a storage location which is a target of classification to a storage location which is excluded from a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for changing a storage location of electronic information from a storage location which is excluded from a target of classification to a storage location which is a target of classification.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on a storage location within the storage structure, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for newly storing electric information in a storage location which is a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for deleting electric information from a storage location which is a target of classification.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5, the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on a storage location within the storage structure, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for newly storing electric information in a storage location which is a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for deleting electric information from a storage location which is a target of classification.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on an attribute of electronic information, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is a target of classification to an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification to an attribute which is a target of classification.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on an attribute of electronic information, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is a target of classification to an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification to an attribute which is a target of classification.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on an attribute of electronic information, an electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is a target of classification to an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification, or when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information from an attribute which is excluded from a target of classification to an attribute which is a target of classification.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3, the classification condition includes a condition for selecting, based on an attribute of electronic information, a classification location for carrying out classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when the operation is an operation for changing an attribute of electronic information and a classification location of the electronic information before executing the operation is different from a classification location of the electronic information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in all cases in which a result of classification carried out by the classifying unit before executing the operation is different from a result of classification.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the program further causes the computer to function as a display that displays, on a display device, the electronic information in correlation to the classification location based on a result of classification by the classifying unit;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when display carried out by the display before executing the operation is different from display carried out by the display.

17. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the correlation condition includes a condition based upon an approval status of the electronic information.

14. A method of processing electronic information, the method comprising:

storing electronic information according to a user instruction in a storage location within a storage structure;

classifying the electronic information into a classification location within a classification structure, the classification being carried out according to a classification condition based on the storage location or the electronic information;

receiving an operation instruction concerning the electronic information or the storage location while the storage structure is displayed on a display device;

executing an operation according to the operation instruction;

storing a normal access right data which is set in a normal access mode and a constraint access right data which is set in a constraint access mode;

switching access mode from one of the normal and constraint access modes to another one of the normal and constraint access modes;

executing, in the normal access mode, the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data, the normal access right data being set regarding the electronic information or the storage structure;

executing, in the constraint mode, the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data when the execution of the operation does not change the classification within the classification structure; and

not executing, in the constraint mode, an operation which causes the classification within the classification structure to be changed.

15. The electronic information processing method according to claim 14, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting electronic information to be a target of classification;

not executing, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in which electronic information which is not a target of classification becomes a target of classification, or in which electronic information which is a target of classification becomes excluded from a target of classification.

16. The electronic information processing method according to claim 14, the classification structure comprises a plurality of classification locations;

not executing, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation when electronic information classified in a certain classification location is classified into another classification location in the result of the virtual classification.

18. An electronic information processing system including a memory and a processor, comprising:

a storage unit that stores electronic information according to a user instruction in a storage location within a storage structure;

a classifying unit that classifies the electronic information into a classification location within a classification structure, the classification being carried out according to a classification condition based on the storage location or the electronic information;

an operating unit that receives an operation instruction concerning the electronic information or the storage location while the storage structure is displayed on a display device, and executes an operation according to the operation instruction;

an access right storage unit that stores a normal access right data which is set in a normal access mode and a constraint access right data which is set in a constraint access mode; and

a switching unit that switches access mode from one of the normal and constraint access modes to another one of the normal and constraint access modes;

wherein, in the normal access mode, the operating unit executes the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data, the normal access right data being set regarding the electronic information or the storage structure;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit executes the operation according to the operation instruction based on the normal access right data when the execution of the operation does not change the classification within the classification structure;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit prevents execution of an operation which causes the classification within the classification structure to be changed.

19. The electronic information processing system according to claim 18, wherein the classification condition includes a condition for selecting electronic information to be a target of classification;

wherein, in the constraint access mode, the operating unit does not execute any operation in which electronic information which is not a target of classification by the classifying unit becomes a target of classification, or in which electronic information which is a target of classification by the classifying unit becomes excluded from a target of classification.