Data file edit system, storage medium, process server, and user client

A storage medium storing a data file process program causing a process server that carries out a requested edit process on a data file, to carry out a process, the process server included in a data file edit system together with a file storage unit that stores a data file, a provider client that provides a data file to be stored in the file storage unit, and a user client that uses the data file stored in the file storage unit, the process comprising:

• receiving an edit request transmitted from the provider client;
• generating edit process attribute information which contains process identifying information associated with an edit process to be carried out in response to the edit request;
• transmitting the edit process attribute information to the provider client having transmitted the edit request;
• carrying out an edit process specified by edit instruction information contained in the edit request, on the data file stored in a file information memory that stores the data file contained in the edit request;
• storing edited data generated in the edit process in an edited data memory;
• receiving an edited data transmission request transmitted from the user client;
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• reading the edited data from the edited data memory, the edited data generated in the edit process specified by the process identifying information contained in the edited data transmission request received, and transmitting to the user client having transmitted the edited data transmission request.

A storage medium storing a data file use program causing a user client that uses a data file stored in a file storage unit, to carry out a process, the user client included in a data file edit system together with the file storage unit that stores a data file, a provider client that provides a data file to be stored in the file storage unit, a process server that carries out an edit process requested on the data file, the process comprising:

• acquiring the data file;
• retrieving process identifying information from edit process attribute information attached to the acquired data file, and transmitting an edited data transmission request which contains the process identifying information to the process server specified by server identifying information contained in the edit process attribute information;
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• receiving edited data transmitted from the process server in response to the edited data transmission request.

A process server included in a data file edit system together with a file storage unit that stores a data file for common use so as to be accessed only from a client, a provider client for use by a provider of the data file stored in the file storage unit, and a user client for use by a user using the data file stored in the file storage unit, comprising:

• an edit request receiving unit that receives an edit request transmitted from the provider client;
• a generation unit that generates edit process attribute information which contains process identifying information for identifying an edit process to be carried out in response to the edit request received by the edit request receiving unit and its own server identifying information;
• an attribute information transmitting unit that transmits the edit process attribute information generated by the generation unit to the provider client having transmitted the edit request;
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• an editing unit that carries out an edit process specified by the edit instruction information contained in the edit request, on a data file stored in the file information memory that stores the data file contained in the edit request received by the edit request receiving unit, and storing edited data generated in the edit process in an edited data memory.

A user client included in a data file edit system together with a file storage unit that stores a data file for common use so as to be accessed only from a client, a provider client for use by a provider of the data file stored in the file storage unit, and a process server that carries out an edit process requested on the data file, comprising:

• an acquiring unit that acquires a data file;
• a transmission request transmitting unit that retrieves process identifying information from edit process attribute information attached to the data file acquired by the acquiring unit, and transmitting an edited data transmission request which contains the process identifying information to the process server specified server identifying information contained in the process identifying information;
• an edited data receiving unit that receives edited data transmitted from the process server in response to the edited data transmission request transmitted from the transmission request transmitting unit;
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• an edited data registration unit that registers the edited data received by the edited data receiving unit in the file storage unit so as to be associated with the data file.