Document management method and apparatus thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMikihiko Kamekawa
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Abstract
A check-out document cannot be updated by another operator unless an operator who checked out that document cancels the check-out status or checks in the document. To remove this inconvenience, document data is set in an exclusive state with respect to another user, and a password required to cancel the exclusive state is generated. The exclusive state of the document data is canceled based on an instruction of a user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the other user with the password, thus updating the document data.
Claims11
A method of managing document data stored in a memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- generating a password required to cancel the exclusive state of the document data and storing the generated password in the memory;
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- updating the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the other user with the password.
A method of managing document data stored in a memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- setting a user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state of the document data based on an instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state, and storing the information of the set user in the memory;
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- updating the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state.
A document management apparatus for managing document data stored in a memory, comprising:
- a check-out section, arranged to set, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- a generator, arranged to generate a password required to cancel the exclusive state of the document data and to store the generated password in the memory;
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- a check-in section, arranged to update the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the other user with the password.
A document management apparatus for managing document data stored in a memory, comprising:
- a check-out section, arranged to set, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- a setting section, arranged to set a user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state of the document data based on an instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state, and to store the information of the set user in the memory;
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- a check-in section, arranged to update the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state.
A computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable storage medium comprising program code causing a computer to perform a method of managing document data stored in a memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- generating a password required to cancel the exclusive state of the document data and storing the generated password in the memory;
- and
- updating the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the other user with the password.
A computer-executable program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium comprising program code causing a computer to perform a method of managing document data stored in a memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting, based on an instruction of a user, update processing of document data stored in the memory in an exclusive state with respect to another user;
- setting a user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state of the document data based on an instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state, and storing the information of the set user in the memory;
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- updating the document data by canceling the exclusive state of the document data based on the instruction of the user who instructed the exclusive state or an instruction of the user who is permitted to cancel the exclusive state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.