JP5076877B2 - Document operation system, document operation apparatus, and document operation program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document operation system, a document operation apparatus, and a document operation program.

  A list of electronic documents managed by the document management server is displayed on an operation screen on a display device provided in a printing apparatus or multifunction peripheral, which is an example of an image forming apparatus, and printing or multiple documents are displayed on the displayed document. There is known a conventional technique that can instruct operations such as synthesis and deletion.

  In order to perform these operations, the multi-function peripheral is broadly classified as follows: (1) an operation screen is displayed on the display, (2) a document list request from the multi-function peripheral to the document management server, and (3) a document from the document management server. It is necessary to take a processing procedure of acquiring information and (4) displaying the acquired document information as a list. For this reason, it takes a long time until the document list is displayed after the operation screen is displayed.

  In addition, the operation screen displayed on the display is generally designed with an emphasis on versatility, and thus is a screen that enables unnecessary operations when a list of documents is displayed. For this reason, the operability for using an important function is reduced.

The conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a technique of reading a document with a scanner based on scanner setting information, and storing the read image data in a storage destination specified by the storage destination information. With this technology, it is also possible for an operator to create a button for instructing the image reading apparatus to start scanning based on scan preparation information.
JP 2006-287389 A

  There are cases where an unintended operation is executed due to an erroneous operation by the operator, and there is a risk that the consumables are used wastefully or information is leaked.

  The present invention provides a document operation system, a document operation apparatus, and a document operation program that can improve the operability of a displayed document by providing a display format corresponding to a processing apparatus that operates a document to be processed. The purpose is to provide.

To achieve the above object, the invention of the document handling system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of document storage areas, and the document management apparatus for storing and managing documents in the respective document storage area, in the document management apparatus A document operation device that operates a stored document, and an operation that describes constituent elements of an operation screen that performs a predetermined operation instruction for a document stored in each document storage area, corresponding to the plurality of document storage areas Instruction document storage means for storing screen generation instructions, respectively, and the document operation device acquires an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage means corresponding to a desired document storage area of storing an acquiring unit, generates an operation screen information based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition unit, to the desired document storage area using the operation screen displayed on the basis of the manipulation screen information It includes an operation instructing means for instructing the operation of the document.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the operation screen generation instruction includes document information of a document stored in the corresponding document storage area, and the operation instruction means includes the operation instruction The operation screen information is generated based on the document information included in the screen generation instruction .

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the operation instruction means can be executed by the document operation device among predetermined operations specified by the operation screen generation instruction. Generate operation screen information related to operations .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the document operation system has a plurality of document storage areas, a plurality of document management apparatuses that store and manage documents in the respective document storage areas, and a storage in the plurality of document management apparatuses. Corresponding to each document storage area of the plurality of document management apparatuses, and a component of an operation screen for giving a predetermined operation instruction to the document stored in each document storage area An instruction storage device for storing the described operation screen generation instruction, and the document operation device stores the operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage device in correspondence with a desired document storage area. The operation screen information is generated based on the acquisition means to be acquired and the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and stored in the desired document storage area using the operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information. It includes an operation instructing means for instructing the operation of the document.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document management apparatus that has a plurality of document storage areas, stores and manages documents in the respective document storage areas, and corresponds to the plurality of document storage areas. Corresponding to the instruction document storing means for storing each operation screen generation instruction describing the components of the operation screen for performing a predetermined operation instruction for the document stored in the storage area of each document storage area, and the desired document storage area And obtaining operation screen information based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and acquiring the operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage means. Operation instruction means for instructing operation of a document stored in the desired document storage area using an operation screen displayed based on the operation screen .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document operation program including: a document management unit that stores and manages a document to be processed in a desired document storage area in a plurality of document storage areas; and the plurality of document storage areas Corresponding to the instruction storage unit for storing the operation screen generation instruction describing the components of the operation screen for performing a predetermined operation instruction for the document stored in the storage area of each document storage area, the processing target Acquiring means for acquiring an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage means corresponding to a document storage area in which the document is stored, and an operation screen based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means As operation instruction means for generating information and instructing operation of the processing target document stored in the document storage area using an operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information Activated in order to ability.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability of the displayed document by providing a display format corresponding to the processing apparatus that operates the document to be processed. In particular, the same operability can be provided even when a document is operated by a plurality of different devices.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to generate the operation instructing means including information related to the document more quickly, and there is an effect that the display speed of the document is improved .

Further, according to the third aspect, it is possible to provide only an operation that can be realized by a function installed in the apparatus among the predetermined operations indicated in the instruction sheet .

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the instruction is stored in a common instruction storage device accessible from the document operation device, and is displayed by providing a display format corresponding to the processing device operating the document to be processed. The operability of the document is improved. In particular, the same operability can be provided even when a document is operated by a plurality of different devices. Furthermore, the operation instruction means including information related to the document can be generated more quickly, and the display speed of the document is improved .

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability of the displayed document by providing a display format corresponding to the processing device that operates the document to be processed. In particular, the same operability can be provided even when a document is operated by a plurality of different devices. Further, the operation instruction means including information related to the document can be generated more quickly, and the display speed of the document can be improved .

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability of the displayed document by providing a display format corresponding to the processing device that operates the document to be processed. In particular, the same operability can be provided even when a document is operated by a plurality of different devices. Further, the operation instruction means including information related to the document can be generated more quickly, and the display speed of the document can be improved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an electronic document display system and program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying a document operation system, a document operation apparatus, and a document operation program according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, this document operation system includes one or a plurality of document processing apparatuses 100 and document management servers (200-1, 200-2) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “document management server 200”) serving as a data communication network. When the document processing apparatus 100 processes an electronic document (hereinafter simply referred to as “document”) managed by the document management server 200, based on a UI instruction (see below). This system displays a document list and enables the operation of the document.

  Examples of the document processing apparatus 100 include a printing apparatus that prints out a document and a multifunction peripheral that performs image formation. The document processing apparatus will be described as the multifunction peripheral 100 below.

  The document management apparatus 200 manages a document to be operated. The document management apparatus 200 is provided with one or a plurality of confidential boxes in a document storage area that collects documents to be operated, and each confidential box stores a document to be processed by the multi-function device 100. Yes. Furthermore, a UI instruction is associated with each confidential box, and this UI instruction is information describing the components of a screen for displaying a document stored in the confidential box on the multifunction peripheral 100.

  In addition to the operations permitted for the document by the multifunction peripheral 100, which is a document processing apparatus, the types of buttons to be displayed on the screen, the size of each button, the display position, and the like are specified in this component. A configuration example of the UI instruction is shown in FIGS. In addition, the UI instruction can be expressed in an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format.

  The multi-function device 100 provides various functions such as print processing, image reading processing, and facsimile transmission processing with a document managed by the document management server 200 as an operation target. In processing by these functions, a confidential box in which a document to be processed is stored is designated. As a designation method, for example, there is a method in which a user designates from a confidential box designation screen, and a method in which a confidential box specified in advance is designated.

  When a confidential box is designated using the multifunction device 100, the multifunction device 100 notifies the document management server 200 that the document in the confidential box is operated, and the document management server 200 associates the confidential box with the designated confidential box. The UI instruction sheet is sent to the multifunction device 100. Here, the UI instruction is composed of information on documents stored in the confidential box, information on the location of the confidential box, information for operating the documents in the confidential box, and information on the operation screen. Alternatively, it may be generated based on the information related to the confidential box at the time when there is an access request from the document operation device to the confidential box.

  As a result, the multifunction peripheral 100 generates and displays an operation screen for operating the document based on the UI instruction, and displays the document managed in the confidential box designated on the operation screen. If a list of documents managed in the confidential box is not indicated in the UI instruction, a list of documents stored in the designated confidential box in addition to the UI instruction is transmitted to the multifunction peripheral 100. .

  2 is a configuration diagram similar to the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is a configuration in which a UI instruction management server 300 is added to the configuration diagram of FIG. In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the UI instruction management server 300 manages the UI instruction managed by the document management server 200.

  A corresponding confidential box is specified for each UI instruction managed by the UI instruction management server 300, and the document management server 200 sends a UI instruction for the confidential box specified by the multifunction peripheral 100 to the UI instruction management server 300. And is transmitted to the multi-function device 100.

  Operation screens created using FIGS. 5 and 7 which are examples of UI instructions at this time are shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, respectively, and will be described below.

  First, FIG. 5 is an example of a UI instruction, which represents the above-described XML format UI instruction in a table format. A screen as shown in FIG. 6 is generated by the UI instruction shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a UI instruction of display information 501 composed of an [object name] item 51 and a [content] item 52.

  The “object name” item 51 indicates the name of the constituent object that constitutes the screen, and the “content” item 52 is a constituent element for the object displayed in the “object name” item 51. For example, the display information in which the [object name] item 51 is “screen title” and the [content] item 52 is “box 001” indicates that “box 001” is displayed at the position of the screen title. ing.

  Further, the display information in which the [object name] item 51 is “document list list display position” and the [content] item 52 is “left center of screen” indicates that the document list is displayed at a position near the center left of the screen. Show.

  When other items are displayed in the same manner, an operation screen as shown in FIG. 6 is generated.

  The operation screen shown in FIG. 6 includes a screen title 601, a document list list 602, a print copy number input box 603, a document deletion button 604, a document print start button 605, and a message item 606. ] Is an object indicated by the item 51.

  The screen title 601 is information representing a screen title. The document list 602 includes a [document name] item 61, a [number of pages] item 62, and an [update date] item 63, and indicates a list of documents stored in the confidential box. Further, the number of copies input box 603 is a field for inputting the number of copies of a document selected from the documents in the document list list 602.

  Further, a document print start button 605 is a button for instructing to print out only the number of prints input in the print number input box 603 for the document selected in the document list list 602, and the document delete button 604 is a document list. This is a button for instructing to delete the document selected in the list 602 from the confidential box.

  The document list list 602 on the operation screen shown in FIG. 6 shows a state in which no document list is displayed. This is a state in which no document is stored in the confidential box, or the confidential list is not displayed. Either the document list stored in the box is not acquired from the document management server.

  Next, as in FIG. 5, FIG. 7 shows an example of the UI instruction, and shows an example in which the list of documents stored in the confidential box is added to the content of the UI instruction shown in FIG. The UI instruction shown in FIG. 7 is configured by adding a document list 502 including a [document name] item 53 and an [attribute] item 54 to the UI instruction shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 7, three documents “document 1.tiff”, “photo 1.jpg”, and “document 2.tiff” are shown as the “document name” item 53. In the [attribute] item 54, “monochrome / A4 / 2 page”, “color / L version / 1 page”, and “color / A3 / 5 page” are shown as attributes for these documents.

  A screen created based on the UI instruction shown in FIG. 7 is shown in FIG.

  The operation screen shown in FIG. 8 shows a state in which the document shown in the UI instruction of FIG. 7 is displayed in the document list 602 of the operation screen shown in FIG. In the [Document Name] item 61, three documents shown in the [Document Name] item 53 of FIG. 7 are displayed. In addition, the [number of pages] item 62 and the [update date] item 63 indicate the number of pages and the update date indicated by the [attribute] item 54 in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  3, the document operation system includes a document operation control unit 10, an operation instruction unit 11, a display unit 12, a screen generation unit 13, a UI instruction form analysis processing unit 14, a search unit 15, a document information storage unit 16, and a document storage unit. 17 and a UI instruction management unit 18.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the multifunction peripheral realizes processing in the document operation control unit 10, the operation instruction unit 11, the display unit 12, the screen generation unit 13, and the UI instruction form analysis processing unit 14. In this example, the document management server realizes the functions of the document information storage unit 16, the document storage unit 17, and the UI instruction management unit 18.

  The operation instruction unit 11 shows an operation user interface, and is composed of a numeric keypad, a pointing device, and the like. The display unit 12 is a screen user interface constituted by a display display or the like, and displays a list of documents to be operated, an operation instruction screen provided for the document, and the like. In addition, although the example which comprised the operation instruction part 11 and the display part 12 separately is shown, you may comprise the display part 12 with a touch panel.

  When the user instructs to display a list of documents to be operated using the operation instruction unit 11, the document operation control unit 11 requests the search unit 15 to acquire a list of confidential boxes based on the contents of the instruction.

  As a result, the search unit 15 searches the list of confidential boxes stored in the document information storage unit 16 and responds to the document operation control unit 10. The document operation control unit 10 causes the display unit 12 to display a list of acquired confidential boxes.

  In this state, the user designates a desired confidential box from the confidential box displayed on the display unit 12 by the operation instruction unit 11 and requests display of a list of documents stored in the confidential box. When the request is made, the document operation control unit 10 issues a document list acquisition request to the search unit 15.

  When the retrieval unit 15 requests acquisition of a document list in which a confidential box is designated, the retrieval unit 15 acquires a UI instruction for the confidential box from the UI instruction management unit 18 and responds to the document operation control unit 10. At this time, the document operation control unit 10 requests the UI instruction form analysis processing unit 14 to analyze the UI instruction form.

  The UI instruction form analysis processing unit 14 performs the received UI instruction form analysis process. That is, the type and display position of the screen components indicated in the UI instruction are analyzed. When the UI instruction is analyzed, the analyzed data is transmitted to the screen generation unit 13 to notify the document operation control unit 10 that the analysis has been completed. Receiving this, the document operation control unit 10 makes a display screen generation request to the screen generation unit 13.

  At this time, when the document operation control unit 10 acquires the list information of the documents stored in the confidential box from the search unit 15, the information is transmitted to the screen generation unit 13.

  The screen generation unit 13 generates a screen as shown in FIG. 6 or 8 using the analyzed data of the UI instruction received from the UI instruction analysis processing unit 14 and the document list received from the document operation control unit 10. To do. The generated screen information is displayed on the display unit 12 via the document operation control unit 10.

  The detailed flow of processing performed by the document operation control unit 10, the screen generation unit 13, and the UI instruction form analysis processing unit 14 at this time is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

  It should be noted that by operating a display screen based on the UI instruction displayed on the display unit 12, it is possible to instruct deletion processing or printing processing of a document stored in the document storage unit 17.

  FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing process transition of the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The sequence diagram shown in FIG. 4 shows process transitions in the multifunction peripheral and the document management server selected by the multifunction peripheral.

  First, the multifunction peripheral requests the document management server to display a list of documents stored in the designated confidential box (401). Upon receiving this request, the document management server specifies a UI instruction for the requested confidential box (402). The UI instruction for the designated confidential box is managed in a state where it is included in or associated with the confidential box and stored in another area.

  Then, the specified UI instruction is transmitted to the requesting MFP (403). As a result, the UI instruction is obtained.

  At this time, the document management server creates a list of electronic documents to be stored in the designated confidential box, and transmits the list to the MFP as the destination of the UI instruction (404). The electronic document list sending process is a process that is performed when the UI instruction sheet does not include a document list, and is not performed when the UI instruction sheet includes a document list. For example, the process is executed when the UI instruction is as shown in FIG. 5 and is not executed when the UI instruction is as shown in FIG.

  By receiving the UI instruction and the document list information, the multifunction peripheral generates a display screen based on the UI instruction, displays a list of documents on the display screen, and can be operated by the operator. State (405).

  Then, the operator performs a document operation using the displayed display screen (406).

  A more detailed processing flow in the multifunction peripheral is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 and will be described below.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 9 shows the operation flow of the multifunction peripheral by the document operator and the operation flow of the multifunction peripheral at that time. When the operator instructs the start of the document operation in the confidential box by the operation panel, the processing is started. The

  First, a list is displayed by obtaining a list of available document management servers by performing broadcast communication from the multifunction peripheral to each document management server (901). One of the document management servers displayed in the list is selected (902), and a list of confidential boxes is requested from the selected document management server (903).

  In response to this request, it is determined whether a list of confidential boxes has been received from the document management server (904). If not received (NO in 904), the process waits until it is received. When a list of confidential boxes is received (YES in 904), the operator selects any confidential box in a state where any confidential box can be selected (905).

  Next, a request for displaying the document stored in the selected confidential box is requested to the document management server (906), and it is determined whether a UI instruction is received from the document management server (907). When the UI instruction is received (YES in 907), the document stored in the selected confidential box on the MFP screen or the operation panel is displayed based on the information included in the received UI instruction. (908). Based on the information included in the UI instruction, the detailed flow of the process for the MFP to display the document list is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 and will be described below.

  On the other hand, if a UI instruction is not received even after a predetermined time has elapsed or if it is answered that the UI instruction is not managed (907), a list of documents stored in the selected confidential box is displayed. Is displayed on the screen of the MFP or on the operation panel (909).

  When the document list is displayed in this way, an operation target document is selected from the displayed document list, and the operation content is designated and instructed (910). Then, the selected document is acquired from the document management server and the designated operation is executed (911).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a detailed flow of a process in which the multifunction peripheral displays a document list based on information included in the UI instruction of the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 10 is a detailed process of step 908 of FIG. 9, and the process is started when a UI instruction is received from the document management server.

  First, the acquired UI instruction is analyzed, and an operation check of the MFP is performed by the processing function included in the UI instruction (1001). In this operation check, it is determined whether all the processing functions indicated in the UI instruction can be realized by the multifunction peripheral.

  It is determined whether or not it has been confirmed that all processing functions are operated by the multi-function peripheral by this operation check (1002). When even one processing function that cannot be operated is specified by the UI instruction (NO in 1002), one or more processing functions that cannot be operated are specified (1003).

  For example, when the UI instruction sheet indicates a button display instruction that enables facsimile transmission and a button display that enables stapling, the MFP supports facsimile transmission. If it is not supported, it is determined that all the processing functions of the UI instruction sheet cannot be operated, and the “staple processing function” is specified as the processing function that cannot be operated.

  Next, a setting is made such that an operation instruction by the specified processing function (“staple processing function” in the above example) is impossible (1004), and a message to that effect is displayed to the operator (1005). When the operator accepts this (for example, when the “OK button” is pressed), the processing continues. Of course, if the process stop button is pressed, the process is canceled and interrupted.

  If the operator accepts that the specific processing function cannot be used in this way or if the operation check of all the functions can be confirmed (YES in 1002), then the received UI instruction is confidential. It is determined whether information that can display a list of documents to be managed in the box is included (1006). For example, in the case of a UI instruction having a configuration as shown in FIG. 5, it is determined that information that can display a list of documents is not included, and a UI instruction having a configuration as shown in FIG. In some cases, it is determined that information that can display a list of documents is included.

  If it can be determined that information that can display a document list is included (YES in 1006), a screen on which the document list is displayed is generated and displayed on a display or an operation panel (1009).

  If it cannot be determined that information that can display a document list is included (NO in 1006), a request for obtaining a document list is sent to the document management server (1007). It is determined whether a document list is received from the document management server (1008). If it is received (YES in 1008), an operation screen including the document list is generated and displayed on the display or operation panel (1009). ). If a list of document lists is not received (NO in 1008), the process waits until it is received.

  In the process of step 1104, the setting is made such that the operation instruction of the function that does not operate is not possible. Instead of such setting, there is an alternative function for the processing function specified as the processing function that cannot be operated. When prepared, for example, when there is monochrome printing for color printing and single-sided printing for double-sided printing, a setting is made to use the alternative function, and an operation screen for operating the alternative function is displayed. You may comprise as follows.

  FIG. 11 shows that when a document is displayed on the operation screen generated based on the UI instruction in the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the MFP has the attribute of the document displayed on the operation screen. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which judges whether it is realizable with a function.

  When a document is selected in a state where the document is displayed on the operation screen generated based on the UI instruction, the process is started and the attribute of the document is read (1101). It is determined whether there is a function that cannot be realized for the read attribute (1102). If there is no function that cannot be realized (NO in 1102), the process ends.

  If there is a function that cannot be realized (YES in 1102), a message indicating that the function cannot be realized is displayed on the operation screen based on the attribute (1103).

  A specific example realized by the processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 will be described below with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen showing a state where a list of documents is displayed on the operation screen shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 12, the document is displayed on the operation screen based on the UI instruction by the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, for example, the state of the operation screen as shown in FIG. 8, and the document name is “Photo 1.jpg”. This shows a state when an electronic document is selected as a document to be processed. By this document selection, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 is started.

  Since the attribute of this electronic document “Photo 1.jpg” is “Color / L version / 1 page” as shown in the [Attribute] item of FIG. 7, “Photo 1.jpg” is a document consisting of 1 page. Thus, it is designated to perform color printing with the size of the L plate. If the multifunction peripheral that displays the screen shown in FIG. 12 does not support color printing for a document with such an attribute specified, the message in the message shown in FIG. It is displayed in item 606.

  The “message display” item shown in FIG. 12 indicates that color printing cannot be executed by displaying “color document. Cannot print correctly”.

  Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 indicates that processing is started by selecting a document, but the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 is executed by pressing the document print button shown in FIG. Such a configuration may be adopted.

  In the present invention, the program is executed from a recording medium (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.) storing a program for causing the information management system having a communication function to execute the above-described operation or to configure the above-described means. It is also possible to configure a document operation system that executes the above-described processing by installing the program on a computer and executing it. A computer constituting the document operation system is connected to a central processor unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a hard disk via a system bus. The CPU performs processing using the RAM as a work area according to a program stored in the ROM or the hard disk.

  The medium for supplying the program may be a communication medium (a medium for temporarily or fluidly holding the program such as a communication line or a communication system). For example, the program may be posted on an electronic bulletin board (BBS: Bulletin Board Service) of a communication network and distributed via a communication line.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within a range not changing the gist thereof.

1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying a document operation system, a document operation apparatus, and a document operation program according to the present invention. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying a document operation system, a document operation apparatus, and a document operation program according to the present invention. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the document operation system in embodiment of this invention. The sequence diagram which shows the process transition of the document operation system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of UI instructions which do not contain a document list. The figure which shows an example of the operation screen produced | generated based on UI instruction | indication shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of UI instructions including a document list. The figure which shows an example of the operation screen produced | generated based on UI instruction | indication shown in FIG. An example of the flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the document operation system in embodiment of this invention. An example of a flowchart showing a detailed flow of a process in which a multifunction peripheral displays a list of documents based on information included in a UI instruction of a document operation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a document is displayed on the operation screen generated based on the UI instruction in the document operation system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the attribute of the document can be realized by a function mounted on the multifunction peripheral that displays the operation screen. An example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process which judges whether it is. The figure which shows the screen which shows the state which displayed the list of documents on the operation screen shown in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Document operation control part 11 Operation instruction part 12 Display part 13 Screen generation part 14 UI instruction | indication analysis processing part 15 Search part 16 Document information storage part 17 Document storage part 18 UI instruction | indication management part 100 MFP (document processing apparatus)
200 (200-1, 200-2) Document management server 300 UI instruction management server

Claims (6)

A plurality of document storage areas, and the document management apparatus for storing and managing documents in the respective document storage area,
A document operation device for operating a document stored in the document management device;
Corresponding to the plurality of document storage areas, instruction sheet storage means for storing operation screen generation instructions each describing a component of an operation screen for performing a predetermined operation instruction for a document stored in each document storage area; Equipped,
The document operation device includes:
An acquisition unit for acquiring an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage unit corresponding to a desired document storage area;
Generate operation screen information based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and instruct operation of a document stored in the desired document storage area using the operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information A document operation system comprising: The operation screen generation instruction is
Including document information of the document stored in the corresponding document storage area,
The operation instruction means includes
The document operation system according to claim 1, wherein the operation screen information is generated based on the document information included in the operation screen generation instruction . The operation instruction means includes
The document operation system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein operation screen information relating to an operation that can be executed by the document operation device among predetermined operations specified by the operation screen generation instruction is generated. A plurality of document management devices that have a plurality of document storage areas and store and manage documents in the respective document storage areas;
A document operation device for operating a document stored in the plurality of document management devices;
An instruction to store an operation screen generation instruction describing a component of an operation screen for performing a predetermined operation instruction for a document stored in each document storage area corresponding to each document storage area of the plurality of document management apparatuses Book storage
Comprising
The document operation device includes:
Obtaining means for obtaining an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage device corresponding to a desired document storage area;
Generate operation screen information based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and instruct operation of a document stored in the desired document storage area using the operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information Operation instruction means to
A document operation system comprising: Document management means having a plurality of document storage areas, storing and managing documents in the respective document storage areas;
Corresponding to the plurality of document storage areas, instruction sheet storages each storing operation screen generation instructions describing the components of the operation screen for performing predetermined operation instructions for the documents stored in the storage areas of the respective document storage areas Means,
An acquisition unit for acquiring an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage unit corresponding to a desired document storage area;
Generate operation screen information based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and instruct operation of a document stored in the desired document storage area using the operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information Operation instruction means to
A document operation apparatus comprising: Computer
Document management means for storing and managing a document to be processed in a desired document storage area among a plurality of document storage areas,
Corresponding to the plurality of document storage areas, instruction sheet storages each storing operation screen generation instructions describing the components of the operation screen for performing predetermined operation instructions for the documents stored in the storage areas of the respective document storage areas means,
An acquisition unit for acquiring an operation screen generation instruction stored in the instruction storage unit corresponding to a document storage area in which the document to be processed is stored;
The operation screen information is generated based on the operation screen generation instruction acquired by the acquisition means, and the operation of the processing target document stored in the document storage area using the operation screen displayed based on the operation screen information Operation instruction means for instructing
Document operation program to function as

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