Document management system and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYousuke Ootaki
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Abstract
When a document searcher transmits E-mail including a search condition to a document management system and searches for a document, a document search result can be obtained irrespective of an access right which the document searcher has. In order to solve this problem, the document management system searches a database for the document corresponding to document search information received from the document searcher, and transmits a message requesting a permission for the document searcher to obtain the document to a creator of the searched document.
Claims10
A document management system for communicating with a document storing device in which a plurality of documents are stored, comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive document search information designated by a document searcher;
- a search unit configured to search the document storing device for one or more of the plurality of documents corresponding to the document search information received by the reception unit;
- a first transmission unit configured to transmit a message requesting a permission for the document searcher to obtain the one or more documents searched for by the search unit to a creator of the document;
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- a second transmission unit configured to transmit a message for obtaining the one or more documents to the document searcher if the creator of the document gives the permission.
A document management method of managing a plurality of documents stored in a document storing device, the method comprising:
- receiving document search information designated by a document searcher;
- searching the document storing device for one or more of the plurality of documents corresponding to the received document search information;
- transmitting a message requesting a permission for the document searcher to obtain the searched one or more documents to a creator of the document;
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- transmitting a message for obtaining the one or more documents to the document searcher if the creator of the document gives the permission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.