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US 7,890,535 B2Granted
Management of processes based on reference information
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYoichiro Matsuno
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Abstract
An apparatus for managing one or more processes includes a reference relation information managing unit configured to manage information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and one or more documents relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities, or about reference relations between the one or more processes, the one or more activities, and one or more participants relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities.
Claims18
A hardware apparatus for managing one or more processes, comprising:
- a processor;
- a reference relation information managing unit configured to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and one or more documents relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities, and to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, the one or more activities, and one or more participants relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities;
- a search unit configured to search for the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants related to each other by the information about reference relations created by said reference relation information managing unit, in response to a search request inclusive of a search condition that is information about at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants;
- a linking unit configured to link and associate a document with the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes, when a document is added to the one or more activities, and the linking unit is further configured to store links with respect to the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes and the one or more documents;
- and
- a merge unit configured to merge results of a search conducted by said search unit based on the information about reference relations managed by said reference relation information managing unit.
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A system, comprising:
- a hardware apparatus for managing one or more processes, including
- a processor,
- a reference relation information managing unit configured to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and one or more documents relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities, and to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, the one or more activities, and one or more participants relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities,
- a search unit configured to search for the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants related to each other by the information about reference relations created by said reference relation information managing unit, in response to a search request inclusive of a search condition that is information about at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants,
- a linking unit configured to link and associate a document with the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes, when a document is added to the one or more activities, and the linking unit is further configured to store links with respect to the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes and the one or more documents, and
- a merge unit configured to merge results of a search conducted by said search unit based on the information about reference relations managed by said reference relation information managing unit;
- and
- a user terminal apparatus configured to be coupled to the hardware apparatus through a network, the user terminal apparatus including
- a search screen displaying unit configured to display a search screen configured to receive information about at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants as a search condition.
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A computer-readable storage medium having a program embodied therein for causing a computer to manage one or more processes, said program causing the computer to perform a method comprising:
- managing and creating information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and one or more documents relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities, and to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, the one or more activities, and one or more participants relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities;
- searching for at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants related to each other by the information about reference relations, in response to a search request inclusive of a search condition that is information about at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants;
- linking and associating a document with the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes, when a document is added to the one or more activities, and storing links with respect to the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes and the one or more documents;
- and
- merging results of a search conducted by said searching based on the information about reference relations managed by said managing.
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A method of managing one or more processes in a process management apparatus, comprising:
- managing information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and one or more documents relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities, and to manage and create information about reference relations between the one or more processes, the one or more activities, and one or more participants relating to at least one of the one or more processes and the one or more activities;
- searching for at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants related to each other by the information about reference relations, in response to a search request inclusive of a search condition that is information about at least one of the one or more processes, the one or more activities, the one or more documents, and the one or more participants;
- linking and associating a document with the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes, when a document is added to the one or more activities, and storing links with respect to the one or more activities associated with the one or more processes and the one or more documents;
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- merging results of a search conducted by said searching based on the information about reference relations managed by said managing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.