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

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.

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.

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.