JP2000099615A - Electronic document sending system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a system which can refer to the circulation history information on all electronic documents of the same transaction by preparing a sending definition of electronic documents, a sending control part of electronic documents and a sending history storage part. SOLUTION: A sending definition of electronic documents is prepared together with a sending control part of electronic documents and a sending history storage part. Then an electronic document is sent from a sender to a receiver, the circulation history of the same transaction related to the circulation of the electronic document is acquired and displayed to a user in response to his request. In this system, a user receives an electronic documents by means of user terminals 212 to 217 and performs a procedure to edit the document and to circulate it to the next receiver. A server 211 sends the electronic document that is circulated to the next receiver by the user to the following receivers to perform the circulation processing of the electronic document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for sending a digitized document, and more particularly, to a user who obtains history information of a plurality of other digitized documents related to the digitized document circulated by the user. The present invention relates to a system for sending electronic documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the price reduction of personal computers and word processors, many office workers have created documents and tables as electronic documents. Aiming to improve the productivity of office workers, digitized documents that model the collaborative work of office workers in actual work as a document flow (business process) along the circulation route and automatically circulate the digitized documents along the circulation route Demand for circulation systems is growing.

[0003] In the cooperative work of office workers using the above system, if only the work given to each person (processing of the circulated electronic documents) is processed simply in consideration of his / her own convenience, each person will work without permission. And may hinder the cooperative work. Refer to not only their own work but also the history of work performed by the related parties, that is, the circulation history of digitized documents, and grasp the background of the given work (the work can be circulated through any circulation route). It is one of the important points of productivity improvement to perform the work in consideration of the whole picture of the work, such as whether the work has been done) and the follow-up of the processed work (how the work has progressed since then).

[0004] As a rudimentary system, there is an electronic mail system widely known to those skilled in the art. An e-mail system is a system that sends and receives messages (an example of digitized documents) between computers via a network device. The e-mail contains "UNIX WHI
TE BOOK Stationery UNIX "(p87-p98 Shuichi Yukita, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd. July 1992
As described in (Issue issued on the 30th of the month), the transmission time, sender name, reception time, recipient name and title are the message text as the destination (example of the simplest circulation route) and the history information (circulation record of e-mail) Is inserted as additional information before.
The recipient can obtain the history of the electronic mail from the additional information.

The "method of confirming and controlling transmission of a plurality of e-mail objects" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-184142 is described in (1) in addition to the above e-mail system.
A function of saving a copy of the transmitted e-mail as a record of the transmitted e-mail also on the sender side, (2) a function of transmitting an e-mail confirming receipt to the sender when the receiver receives the e-mail, and (3) transmission. A function is provided to resend an e-mail if a person does not receive a confirmation e-mail in a timely manner. In JP-A-2-184142, the recipient can obtain the history of the e-mail, and the sender can confirm the arrival of the e-mail.

[0006] In the "office information processing system" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-63728, in addition to the functions of the above-described electronic mail system and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-184142,
(1) A function for inquiring the processing status of the e-mail on the receiving side from the transmitting side of the e-mail to the receiving side. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-63728, the recipient can obtain the history of the e-mail,
The sender can also obtain the e-mail processing status on the receiving side.

[0007]

In the business to be circulated by the electronic document circulation system, a plurality of electronic documents are circulated in parallel on different paths, or they are combined at one point in one place. There are many circular duties that are circulated. For example, "In the ordering business, the decision-making document and the ordering document are created separately by the Planning Department and the Research Department. Department will issue an order slip. " In such a task, the efficiency of executing the task increases if the history of the digitized document that does not pass through the user can be referenced in addition to the digitized document circulated to the user. In this example, for example, in order to be approved by the accounting manager, it is a necessary condition that the approval document and the order document are available. For smoother business execution, the Planning Department obtains the history information of the research department's order documents and checks the progress of the creation status, and if the order documents have already been submitted to the accounting manager, hasten the decision documents It is necessary to take flexible measures, such as creating a task and executing a task with higher priority.

However, in the above conventional technique, as described in the above example, in a series of digitized documents related to one business, among a plurality of digitized documents to be circulated, an electronic document circulated to a user is used. Although the user can refer to the history information of the digitized document, no consideration has been given to referring to the history information of the digitized document that is not circulated to the user. Hereinafter, a series of flows of the digitized document in which the digitized document is circulated among a plurality of users in order to perform one task is referred to as a transaction.

An object of the present invention is to provide a digitized document sending system capable of referring to circulation history information (transaction log) of all digitized documents in the same transaction.

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, when a user follows up a transaction of a digitized document processed by using the history (user log) of the digitized document circulated for each user, the transaction is included in the transaction. Although it is possible to refer to the processing status of the digitized documents processed by the user among the multiple digitized documents (latest circulation history information),
No consideration is given to referring to the processing status of digitized documents that are not circulated by the user (latest circulation history information).

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic document sending system capable of referring to the processing status of all electronic documents included in a transaction using a user log.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when a digitized document is delivered from a delivery source to a delivery destination, a circulation history of the same transaction related to the circulation of the digitized document is acquired, and in response to a request. It is characterized by a digitized document sending system that displays the circulation history and provides it to the user.

According to the present invention, a user log is displayed, and a specific electronic document in the user log is designated to display a circulation history related to the user and provide the electronic document to the user. Features the system.

If the digitized document to be circulated and the transaction are defined in association with each other, when the digitized document is delivered from the delivery source to the destination, the circulation history of the transaction related to the digitized document is stored. Since access can be made, the circulation history of the related transaction can be acquired every time the digitized document is delivered, and the circulation history of the same transaction can be accumulated.

Since the user log records the history of all digitized documents circulated to the user, displaying the user log and specifying a specific digitized document circulates transactions related to the digitized document. You can access your history.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (1) Device Configuration of Digitized Document Sending System FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a digitized document sending system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The digitized document sending system 201
A server 211 that manages and circulates electronic documents,
The user terminals 212 to 217, the server 211, and the user terminal 21 which process the digitized documents circulated by the user.
2 to 217 are connected. The user terminals 212 to 217 are assigned to users A to F who are users of the present system, respectively. However, the number of terminals is not limited to six, and one user can use a plurality of user terminals or one user terminal can be shared by a plurality of users.

As will be described in detail later, the circulation of digitized documents using this system will be outlined.
217, the digitized document is received, edited, and circulated to the next circulation destination. The server 211 performs the circulation process of the digitized document by delivering the digitized document for which the user has circulated to the next circulation destination to the next circulation destination.

FIG. 3 shows a device configuration diagram of the server 211.
The server 211 includes a storage device 330, a central processing unit 32
0, a network connection device 310. The storage device 330 includes a processing program block 331 describing a digitized document circulation processing procedure, a circulation control data block 332 including a plurality of control data necessary for user management and digitized document circulation processing, and a plurality of circulations. Is stored in the circulation object block 333 including the digitized document. The central processing unit 320 reads the processing program in the processing program block 331 and executes circulation processing of the digitized document. The network connection device 310
User terminals 212 to 2 via network device 218
17 is connected to the server 211, and data is transmitted and received between the server 211 and the user terminals 212 to 217.

FIG. 4 shows a device configuration diagram of a general user terminal 212. The storage device 430 has a terminal processing program 431 in which the processing procedure of the digitized document circulated by the user at the terminal is described, and a server 211 for referring to and editing the circulated object circulated as the digitized document.
A circulation object work area 433, which is an area for copying the digitized document sent from the server, and an application program block 432 for referring to and editing the circulation object. The arithmetic device 420 reads the terminal processing program 431 from the storage device 430 and executes the terminal processing. Terminal network connection device 410
Is connected to the user terminal 212 via the network device 218.
And the server 211 are connected to perform data transmission and reception between the server 211 and the user terminal 212. The user interface device 440 detects user information input from the keyboard 441 and the mouse 442, and converts the information to the arithmetic device 42.
Tell 0. The display device 443 displays a processing result of the processing executed by the arithmetic device.

(2) Description of Data Stored in Storage Device 330 of Server 211 Next, data stored in the storage device 330 of server 211 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, a block means a collection of data (objects) of the same type, and the block occupies a storage area in the storage device 330.

(2-1) Circulation Object Block The circulation object block 333 shown in FIG. 3 includes a plurality of circulation objects circulated to the user. The circulation object is a digitized still image, moving image, sound, text, or a combination thereof.

(2-2) Circulation control data block The circulation control data block 332 in FIG. 3 is composed of object blocks as shown in FIG.

The user object block 510 is composed of a plurality of user objects which are user information set for each user, and includes a user object "user A (5
11) "to the user object" user F (516) "
Are user objects of users A to F.

The business process definition object block 540 is composed of a business process definition object which is a script describing a business process definition.
The business process definition object “research equipment ordering business definition 541” is a business process definition object of the business process definition “research equipment ordering business definition” that defines the digitized document circulation business shown in FIG.

The transaction folder object block 530 comprises a transaction folder object which is management information of all digitized document objects circulated in one transaction of the business process defined by the business process definition. The ordering business 0704 (531) ", the transaction folder object" research equipment ordering business 0705 (532) ", and the transaction folder object" research equipment ordering business 0706 (533) "are transactions of the business process definition" research equipment ordering business definition ", respectively. Transaction "research equipment ordering business 0704", transaction "research equipment ordering business 0705" and transaction "research equipment ordering business 0706" It is a transaction folder object. The term folder is used here because it generally means that there are a plurality of digitized document objects to be managed and these plural digitized document objects are put together.

The digitized document object block (52)
0) is composed of an electronic document object which is management information for circulating one or a plurality of circulation objects as one electronic document, and includes an electronic document object "decision document 0704 (521)" and an electronic document object " The order document 0704 (522) is an electronic document object circulated in the transaction "research equipment ordering business 0704", and the electronic document object "decision document 07".
05 (523) "and the digitized document object" Order Document
“0705 (524)” is a digitized document object circulated in the transaction “Research Equipment Ordering Business 0705”, and the digitized document object “decision document 0706 (52)
5) "and the digitized document object" Order Document 0706 "
(526) ”is the transaction“ Research Equipment Ordering Business 07
The electronic document object circulated in “06”.

The manager object block 570
Has a request stack object (571), which is a control data object of the entire electronic document sending system. The request stack object is a request stack object transmitted to the next circulation destination by the user using the user terminal. It is a first-in, first-out stack that stores the names of chemical document objects.

The transaction log object block (560), which is a feature of the electronic document sending system provided by the present invention, includes all the electronic documents included in the transaction, that is, all the electronic document objects managed by the transaction folder. It has a transaction log object that stores circulation history, and has a transaction log object “log research equipment ordering business 0704 (561)”, a transaction log object “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (562)”, and a transaction log object “log research equipment order business. Business 0706
(563) "is the transaction" research equipment ordering business 0704 ", transaction" research equipment ordering business 0705 ", and transaction" research equipment ordering business 0706 ", respectively.
Transaction log object for

User log object block 550
Is composed of a plurality of objects that store logs related to user logs named user A (551) to user F (556). User log object "Log user A
(551) "to user log object" log user F
(556) "are user log objects relating to users A to F, respectively.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the digitized document object “digitized document 0705 (523)” as an example of the digitized document object.
The details are shown below.

The item “circulation object list” is a digitized document object decision document 07 as one digitized document.
05 (523) is a list of names of circulation objects to be put together.

The item “digitized document type” is a name used to define the type of digitized document circulated in the business process definition, and the item value “decision document” is defined in the business process definition “research equipment ordering business definition”. "Means" decision document 111 "circulated.

The item "owner" is the name of the user who is the current circulation destination of this digitized document object, and the item value "user B" is that the digitized document object is currently circulated to user B. Means that it is.

Item "Transaction object"
Is the name of the transaction folder object that manages this digitized document object. The item value “research equipment ordering business 0705” is managed by the transaction folder object “research equipment ordering business 0705 (532)”. Means that it is.

FIG. 7 shows a digitized document object "order document 0705 (524)" as an example of the digitized document object.
The details are shown below. Here, “order document 0705” is the name of the digitized document and is an identifier.

The item "circulation object list" is a digitized document object "decision document" as one digitized document.
“0705 (524)” is a list of names of circulation objects to be collected. Here the circulation object is order0705
In this example, the text and the bitmap data are combined.

The item “digitized document type” is a type name used to define the type of digitized document circulated in the business process definition, and the item value “order document” is the business process definition “research equipment ordering business”. Definition "
Is the type of digitized document circulated in.

The item "owner" is the name of the user who is the current circulation destination of this digitized document object, and the item value "user C" is that the digitized document object is currently circulated to the user C. Means that it is.

Item "Transaction object"
Is the name of the transaction folder object that manages this digitized document object. The item value “research equipment ordering business 0705” is managed by the transaction folder object “research equipment ordering business 0705 (532)”. Means that it is.

The digitized document object "decision document 0705"
(523) "and the digitized document object" Order Document 07 "
05 (524) "is managed by the transaction folder object" Research equipment order 0705 (532) ".

FIG. 8 shows the details of the user object "user C (513)" as an example of the user object.

The item "user" is a target user name of the user object, and the item value "user C" means that the user object "user C (513)" is a user object of the user C.

The item “user log object” is the name of the user log object relating to the user C who is the target user of the user object “user C (513)”, and the item value “log user C” is The user log object storing the user log of the user C who is the target user of the “user C (513)” is the user log object “log user C (553)”.

The item “owned electronic document object list” means a list of electronic document object names circulated by the user C.

FIG. 9 shows the details of the transaction folder object "Research equipment order 0705 (532)" as an example of the transaction folder object.

The item “business process definition object” is the name of the business process definition object that defines the business process that defines the transaction in which the digitized document object managed by the transaction folder object is circulated. The “research equipment ordering business definition” is a business process definition object that defines a transaction in which electronic document objects managed by the transaction folder object “research equipment ordering 0705 (532)” are circulated. Definition 541 ".

The item “managed digitized document object list” is a name list of digitized document objects managed by the transaction folder object. The item value “｛Approval document 0705, order document 0705｝”
The digitized document objects managed by this transaction folder object are digitized document objects “decision document 0705 (523)” and “order document 0705”.
(524) ".

The item “transaction log object” is the name of the transaction log object for acquiring the transaction log, which is the circulation history of the digitized document object managed by this transaction folder object, and has the item value “log research equipment order 0705”. Means that the transaction log object relating to this transaction folder object is a transaction log having an identifier of “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (562)”.

According to FIG. 9, the transaction folder object “research equipment order 0705 (532)” is an electronic document object “decision document 0705” circulated based on the business process definition object “research equipment order business definition (541)”. (523) ”and“ Order Documents 0705 (52
4), and stores the circulation history of the digitized document objects “decision document 0705 (523)” and “order document 0705 (524)” in the transaction log object with the item value “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (562)”. ".

FIG. 10 shows the request stack object 571.
The details are shown below. The item “processed digitized document object” is the name of the digitized document object written in the request stack object 571 by the user terminal. The item value "none" means that the digitized document object name is not written in the corresponding request number. The item “request number” is a request order of the waiting digitized document object. As will be described in detail later, the request stack is a finite stack of first-in and first-out, and the request number is a number for controlling first-in and first-out. In the request stack object shown in FIG. 10, the digitized document object "order document 0705 (524)" and the digitized document object "order document 0706 (526)" are waiting for processing.

FIG. 11 shows details of a transaction log object "log research equipment order 0705 (562)" as an example of a transaction log object which is a feature of the digitized document sending system provided by the present invention. The history information acquired as a transaction log is composed of a time, a digitized document object, a delivery source, and a delivery destination. The transaction log object is obtained by arranging these pieces of history information in chronological order. The item “delivery source” is the name of the user who has requested delivery (circulation) of the digitized document object, and the item “delivery destination” is the name of the next circulation destination user of the digitized document object. The item “digitized document object” is the name of the digitized document object to be delivered, and the item “time” is the time at which the delivery process was performed.

FIG. 12 shows a user log object “log user C (55) as an example of the user log object.
3) ”will be described in detail. The history information acquired as a user log includes a time, an electronic document object, and an operation, and the user log object is obtained by arranging these pieces of history information in order of time. The item “operation” is either reception or transmission. “Receive” means that the digitized document has been delivered, and “Send” means that delivery of the digitized document has been requested. The item “digitized document object” is the name of the digitized document object to be delivered, and the item “time” is the time at which the operation was performed.

FIG. 13 shows a detailed description of the business process definition object “research material ordering business definition 541”. The interpretation of the description will be described later.

(2-3) Processing Program Block As shown in FIG. 14, the processing program block 331 comprises:
A circulation processing main program 1410 in which the processing procedure of the main processing of the circulation processing is described, a request stack object reading processing program 1411 in which a reading processing procedure of the request stack object 571 is described, and the digitized document object is transferred from the delivery source to the destination. Computerized document object delivery processing program 1412 describing the processing procedure to be delivered to the server, and history acquisition processing program 1 describing the transaction log and user log acquisition procedures
413 and a transaction log deletion processing program 1414 in which transaction log object deletion processing is described. A description of each program will be given later.

(3) Storage device 430 of user terminal 212
Description of Data Stored in As shown in FIG. 4, the storage device 430 stores a terminal processing program 431 and an application program block 43
2 and a circulation object work area 433 are stored.

(3-1) Terminal Processing Program 431 The terminal processing program describes processing procedures in the user terminal. A description will be given later.

(3-2) Application program block 432 The application program block 432 comprises an application program for editing digitized documents such as a word processor.

(3-3) Circulation Object Work Area 43
3 A server 2 for editing a circulation object circulated as an electronic document using an application program.
This is a storage area for copying the circulation objects stored in the eleven circulation object blocks 333 to the storage device 430 of the user terminal 212 via the network device 218. Editing of the circulation object in the user terminal 212 is performed in the circulation object work area 433.
Is performed on the circulation object copied to the server 2. After the editing process is completed, the server 2
The circulation object is updated by overwriting the circulation object stored in the eleventh circulation object block 333.

(4) Description of Processing Procedure for Electronic Document Circulation (4-1) Outline of Circulation Operation First, an outline of the electronic document circulation operation performed in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a research equipment ordering operation for processing in this embodiment. The users A (101) to F (106) express processes performed by the user terminals, and the users A to F who are users of the digitized document circulation system use the respective users. It expresses the process of receiving the digitized document by operating the client terminal, editing it, and sending it to the next circulation. User A (101) to User F
The arrow connecting (106) expresses the flow of the circulation process of the digitized document, and the server 211 sends the digitized document requested to be transmitted by the user who processes the start end of the arrow to the end end of the arrow. Represents the process of delivering to the user who performs the process connected to. The decision document 111 and the order document 112 on the arrow represent the type of digitized document delivered along the arrow.

Next, the flow of the research equipment ordering work will be described. In the user A (101), when the user A starts the research equipment ordering business, the user A prepares the digitized document of which the type is the approval document 111 and the type of which is the order document 1
A transmission request of the digitized document, which is 12, is made using the user terminal. The server 211 delivers the digitized document whose type is the decision document 111 to the user B who performs the processing of the user B (102), and sends the digitized document whose type is the order document 112 to the user C (103). It is delivered to the user B who performs the processing.

In the user B (102), the type delivered from the user A (101) is the decision document 1
The digitized document No. 11 is edited using an application program in the user terminal to complete the digitized document, and a transmission request for the digitized document is made using the user terminal. The server 211 transmits the digitized document to the user E (105).
Is delivered to the user E who performs the above processing.

In the user C (103), the type delivered from the user A (101) is the order document 1
12, the data of the digitized document is input using an application program in the user terminal,
After the data input is completed, a request to send the digitized document is made using the user terminal. The server 211 delivers the digitized document to the user D who processes the user D (104).

In the user D (104), the type delivered from the user C (103) is the order document 1
Inspection of data of the digitized document using the application program in the user terminal, the digitized document being 12,
After the data inspection is completed, a request to send the digitized document is made using the user terminal. The server 211 delivers the digitized document to the user E who processes the user E (105).

In the user E (105), the type of the user E delivered from the user B (102) is the decision document 1.
After the digitized document 11 and the digitized document delivered from the user D (104) are ordered documents 112, a decision is made using the application program in the user terminal. A request for sending a structured document is made using the user terminal. The server 211 delivers the digitized document to the user F who performs the processing of the user F (106).

In the user F (106), the type delivered from the user E (105) is the decision document 1
The order processing is performed for the digitized document 11 and the digitized document of type order document 112 using the application program in the user terminal, and the work is completed when the order processing is completed.

A business process definition that describes the method of delivering digitized documents in the research equipment ordering business represented in FIG. 1 corresponds to the business process definition object “research equipment ordering business definition (541)” in this embodiment. I do. One business example of the research equipment ordering business corresponds to a transaction. In this embodiment, the transaction “research equipment ordering business 0705” will be described.

(4-2) Circulation Processing Procedure The circulation processing procedure of the digitized document is described in the processing program included in the processing program block 331 of the server 211 and the terminal processing program 431 of each user terminal.

(4-2-1) Computerized Document Circulation Processing Procedure of Server The computerized document circulation processing procedure of the server 211 is a processing procedure for delivering a digitalized document from a user to a user, and is a processing program block 331. Is stored as a processing program. Request stack object read processing program 1411, digitized document object delivery processing program 1412, history acquisition processing program 1413
And transaction log deletion processing program 1414
Is a subroutine of the circulation processing main program 1410. Here, description will be made along the processing procedure of the circulation processing main program 1410 including the description of these subroutines.

The circulation processing main program 1410 includes:
FIG. 15 describes the procedure shown in the PAD diagram. In step 1510, the processing of the circulation processing main program is started, and the flow advances to step 1511. In step 1511, the processing in step 1520 and subsequent steps is repeatedly executed until an end command is input from the user terminal. When an end command is input from the user terminal, the process proceeds to step 1512. In step 1512, the processing of the circulation processing main program ends. In step 1520, a read process of the request stack object 571 is performed, and in step 1521
Proceed to.

FIG. 16 is a PAD diagram showing the procedure for reading the request stack object 571. Step 16
At 10, the request stack object reading process is started, and the process proceeds to step 1611. In step 1611, the processing-ready digitized document object with the request number 1 is read as a read result, and the flow advances to step 1612. In step 1612, if the digitized document object waiting to be processed with the request number 1 is "none", the processing after step 1620 is performed. If not, the processing after step 1630 is performed. In step 1620, the read result is set to “none”, and the request stack object read processing ends. The request stack object is a first-in first-out stack. Step 1630
In the processing of Step 1662, the stack of the request number 1 is cleared and the contents of the stack are moved up.
In step 1630, it is determined whether the maximum stack number n_max of the requested stack object is 1 or more than 2 (n_max ≧ 1). If n_max = 1, the processing after step 1640 is performed. n_max
If> 1, the processing after step 1650 is performed. In step 1640, “none” is written in the waiting digitized document object of request number 1, and the flow advances to step 1641. In step 1641, the request stack object read processing ends. In step 1650, the initial value of n which is a counter variable of the request number is set to 1,
Proceed to step 1651. In step 1651, n =
Step 16 until n_max or the processing-waiting digitized document object of the request number n + 1 becomes “none”
The processing after 60 is performed. n = n_max or request number n + 1, the pending digitized document object is “none”
Holds, the process proceeds to step 1652. Step 165
In step 2, the request stack object read processing ends. In step 1660, the electronic document object waiting for processing with the request number n + 1 is overwritten on the electronic document object waiting for processing with the request number n, and the process proceeds to step 1661. In step 1661, “none” is overwritten on the waiting digitized document object of the request number n + 1, and the process proceeds to step 1662. In step 1662, n is incremented by one, and the flow advances to step 1651. The reading process of the request stack object 571 is performed by the above procedure.

In the case of the request stack object shown in FIG. 10, the digitized document object “order document 0705” with the request number 1 is read. When the reading process of the request stack object is completed, “order document 0705” is obtained as a reading result.

Returning to the description of FIG.
Then, if the read result of the request stack object is not “none”, the processing after step 1530 is performed.
Otherwise, the process of step 1521 ends, and the flow advances to step 1511. In step 1530, a digitized document object waiting for delivery processing is obtained from the digitized document object name read in step 1520, and the flow advances to step 1531. In step 1531, the owner name and the transaction folder object name are obtained from the digitized document object obtained in step 1530, and the flow advances to step 1532. The owner is the user who has requested delivery of the digitized document object to the next circulation destination, and can be said to be the delivery source of the digitized document object. In step 1532, a transaction folder object is obtained from the transaction folder object name obtained in step 1531, and the flow advances to step 1533. In step 1533, a business process definition object name is obtained from the transaction folder object obtained in step 1532, and
Proceed to 4. In step 1534, a business process definition object is obtained from the business process definition object name obtained in step 1533, and step 153 is executed.
Go to 5. As described above, in the case of the request stack object shown in FIG.
05 "is obtained. Digitized document object "Order Document 07
05 (524) ", the owner is" User C ", the transaction folder object is the transaction folder object" Research equipment order 0705 (562) ", and the business process definition object is the business process definition object" Research equipment order business definition 541 ". It can be seen that it is. In step 1535, step 153
Step 4 checks the business process definition object obtained in step 4 and obtains the delivery destination of the digitized document object.
Proceed to 536.

The business process definition is composed of a combination of descriptions of #current user name (owner name) proc (type (digitized document type name), next (next owner name)). The delivery destination of the digitized document object is described in a place where the owner name of the digitized document object is written after #. In the portion surrounded by proc (), there is a description about one digitized document type. type () describes the digitized document type, and next () describes the delivery destination user name of the digitized document object.

Here, a method of interpreting the business process definition object will be described using an example of the business process definition object “research equipment ordering business definition (541)” shown in FIG. Here, the owner name BP_START means the start end of the business process, and BP_END means the end end. First, since the owner of the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” is the user C (103), the location of #user C in the business process definition object is checked. From the description of the part surrounded by proc (), in the place of #user C, the digitized document object whose digitized document type is the order document is delivered to the next user, user D (104). I understand.

Returning to the description of FIG.
Then, the digitized document object is delivered to the next user obtained in step 1535. Step 15 after delivery
Proceed to 37.

FIG. 17 is a PAD diagram showing the digitized document object delivery processing procedure in step 1536. Here, the process of delivering the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” from the current owner, User C, to the next owner, User D, will be described with reference to FIG. Step 17
At 10, the electronic document object delivery process starts,
Proceed to step 1711. In step 1711, the owner of the digitized document object to be delivered is changed from the current owner to the next owner obtained in step 1535.
Proceed to 12. Here, the owner of the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” is changed from user C to user D. In step 1712, the computerized document object name is deleted from the possessed computerized document object list of the user object of the current owner, and step 1713 is executed.
Proceed to. Here, the user object “user C (51
3) "Order document 0705" is deleted from the possessed electronic document object list. In step 1713, a log is added to the current owner's user log object, and the flow advances to step 1714. Here, the user log object “log user C (553)” of the user C (103) is “1994/07/06 16:45” meaning the current time is 16:45 on July 6, 1994 as the time. Then, a log “order document 0705” is added as a digitized document object, and a log “call” is added as an operation. In step 1714, the name of the digitized document object to be delivered is added to the possessed digitized document object list of the user object of the next owner.
Proceed to 715. Here, “order document 0705” is added to the possessed electronic document object list of the user object “user D (514)”. In step 1715,
The log is added to the user log object of the next owner, and the process proceeds to step (1716). Here, the user log object “log user C (554)” of the user D is “1994/07/0616: 45” which means the current time at 16:45 on July 6, 1994, and the digitized document. A log “Order Document 0705” is added as an object, and a log “Receive” is added as an operation. In step 1716, the digitized document object delivery processing ends. The digitized document object delivery processing 1536 is performed by the above processing procedure.

Returning to the description of FIG. 15, step 1537
Then, the update processing of the transaction log object, which is a feature of the digitized document sending system provided by the present invention, is performed, and after the update processing of the transaction log object is completed, the process proceeds to step 1538.

FIG. 18 is a PAD diagram showing the procedure for updating the transaction log object. In the present embodiment, the transaction log object updating process when the digitized document object "order document 0705 (524)" is delivered from the current owner, User C, to the next owner, User D, is shown in FIG. explain. In step 1810,
The transaction log object update process starts, and the process proceeds to step 1811. In step 1811,
Step 1812: Get the transaction log object name from the transaction folder object.
Proceed to. Here, the transaction folder object “Research equipment order 0705 (53)” of the digitized document object “Order document 0705 (524)” obtained in step 1532
2), “log research equipment order 0705” is obtained as the transaction log object name. Step 1812
Then, the transaction log object is obtained from the transaction log object name obtained in step 1811, and the process proceeds to step 1813. Here, the transaction log object "log research equipment order 0705
(562) ". In Step 1813, a log is added to the transaction log object, and Step 1
Proceed to 814. Here, the current time is 199 as the time.
"July 6, 1994, 16:45" means "07/06/1994 16:
45 ”and“ Order Document 070 ”as a digitized document object.
5 ”, a log“ user C ”as a delivery source and a log“ user D ”as a delivery destination are added to the transaction log object“ log research equipment order 0705 (562) ”. In step 1814, the transaction log object update processing ends. The transaction log object update processing 1537 is performed by the above procedure.

The server 211 obtains the user name of the sender and the user name of the destination from the digitized document object of the source and the digitized document object of the destination by a processing program (not shown), respectively. Obtain user objects, obtain user log object names from these user objects, and update the corresponding user log objects.

At step 1538 shown in FIG. 15, a transaction log deletion process which is a feature of the present invention is performed.
FIG. 19 shows the PAD of the transaction log deletion process.
Shown in the figure.

At step 1910, transaction log object deletion processing is started, and at step 1911
Proceed to. In step 1911, the delivery destination of the digitized document object delivered in step 1536 is checked, and it is determined whether the digitized document object has reached the end of the business process definition. If the delivery destination is not BP_END, the process after step 1920 is performed because the end of the business process definition has not been reached. If the delivery destination is BP_END, the process of step 1912 is performed. In step 1912, the transaction log object deletion processing ends. In step 1920, step 153
The name of the digitized document object is deleted from the management digitized document object list of the transaction folder object for managing the digitized document object delivered in step 6, and the process proceeds to step 1921. In step 1921, it is determined whether the management computerized document object list of the transaction folder object for managing the computerized document object delivered in step 1536 is empty. The management digitized document object list contains only the names of digitized document objects being circulated.
By checking whether or not the management digitized document object list is empty, it can be determined whether or not circulation of all digitized document objects managed by the transaction folder object has been completed. If not empty, the process of step 1922 is performed. If empty, step 1
The processing after 930 is performed. In step 1922, the transaction log object deletion processing ends. In step 1930, the transaction log object is deleted, and the flow advances to step 1931. Step 193
In 1, the transaction log object deletion processing ends.

According to the above procedure, when the circulation of all the digitized document objects managed by the transaction folder object is completed, the transaction log object is deleted. Completion of circulation of all digitized document objects managed by the transaction folder object means that the transaction has been completed. Since the necessity of the transaction log is considered to decrease with the end of the transaction, the transaction log object having a low necessity is deleted to obtain the effect of saving the storage capacity.

(4-2-2) Electronic Document Circulation Processing Procedure of User Terminal The electronic document circulation processing procedure of the user terminal is described in the terminal processing program 431. The terminal processing program 431 describes the procedure shown in the PAD diagram in FIG. In step 2010, the terminal processing program is started, and the process proceeds to step 2011. In step 2011, the process waits for the user to successfully log in to the user terminal (the process of inputting the user name and password from the keyboard). If the login is successful, the process proceeds to step 2012. Here, a description will be given assuming that the user C has logged in from the user terminal 212. In step 2012, first, the line between the user terminal 212 and the server 211 is connected using the terminal network connection device 410 and the network device 218 of the user terminal 212 and the network device 310 of the server 211, and the process proceeds to step 2013. Step 20
At 13, it is determined whether a user object for the user who has logged in to the user terminal exists in the server 211. If the user object does not exist, the user cannot use the digitized document circulation system, and the process proceeds to step 2020. If a user object exists, the process proceeds to step 2030. User C (1
Since the user object “user C (513)” of 03) exists in the user object block 510, the processing after step 2030 is executed. Step 202
At 0, the line connected in step 2012 is disconnected to disconnect the user terminal from the server, and the process proceeds to step 2021. In step 2021, the terminal processing program ends. In step 2030, the contents of the user object are obtained from the server 211 via the network device 218, and the process proceeds to step 2031. Here, it is assumed that the user object “user C (513)” has been obtained.
In step 2031, the contents of the user object obtained in step 2030 and the processing menu for the user are displayed on the display screen of the display device 443.
Go to 032.

FIG. 21 shows an example of a display screen. Display area 21
In 10 is displayed a menu for processing to be performed on the user terminal. By clicking buttons 2111 to 2115 with mouse 442, an execution instruction of a function assigned to the button can be given to arithmetic device 420 via user interface connection device 440. An open button 2111 is used to open the circulated digitized document object, a send button 2112 is used to send a digitized document, a transaction log display button 2113 is used to display a transaction log, and a user terminal end button 2114 is used. The user terminal end function and the digitized document circulation processing end button 2115 include the server 211 and the user terminal 2.
Twelve termination functions are assigned. Display area 212
In 0, the name of the user currently using the user terminal is displayed. Here, "user C" is displayed. In the display area 2130, as a digitized document possessed by the user,
The digitized document object name in the possessed digitized document object list of the user object is displayed. The input area 2131 is used to specify the digitized document object to be subjected to the terminal processing from the digitized document object names displayed in the display area 2130. This is an area for inputting an instruction using 441. Display area 2
In 141, a user log object of the user object is displayed in a table format as a user's work history. When the user log object sends an acquisition request with a user name from the user terminal to the server 211, the server 2
11 obtains a corresponding user object from the user name, obtains a user log object name from the user object, and sends the corresponding user log object to the user terminal. In this example, the user log object log user C (553) is displayed by the user object user C (513) of the user C.

Returning to the description of FIG.
Now, wait for the user to input the request using the button,
When the user terminal end button 2114 or the circulation process end button 2115 is pressed, the process proceeds to step 2033.
If any other button is pressed, step 2040
Proceed to. In step 2033, if the terminal processing end button is pressed in step 2032 and a terminal processing end request is input, the process proceeds to step 2080. If the circulation process button has been pressed and a request to end the circulation process has been input, the process proceeds to step 2090. Step 208
At 0, the line connected to the server 211 is disconnected in step 2012, and the process proceeds to step 2081. Step 2081
Then, the terminal processing program ends. Step 209
0, the circulation processing main program 14 of the server 211
10 executes step 1511, inputs the end command of the circulation processing program, and proceeds to step 2091. In step 2091, the line connected to the server 211 in step 2012 is disconnected, and the flow advances to step 2092. In step 2092, the terminal processing program ends. In step 2040, the process branches according to the button pressed in step 2032.

When the open button 2111 is pressed,
In order to perform the digitized document opening process in steps 2070 to 2071, the process proceeds to step 2070. The digitized document opening processing is to edit the digitized document using the application program in the application program block 432, and to circulate the circulation object, which is the content of the digitized document delivered to the user, from the server 211 to the network device. This is processing for copying to the circulation object work area 433 of the user terminal via the 218.

When the call button 2112 is pressed,
The process proceeds to step 2060 in order to perform the digitized document transmission process of steps 2060 to 2063. The digitized document transmission process is a process of writing the name of the digitized document requested to be delivered to the request stack object 571 of the server 211 in order to deliver the digitized document to the next circulation destination by the digitized document circulation procedure of the server 211. It is.

Transaction log display button 2113
Is pressed, the transaction log display processing of steps 2050-2054 is performed.
Go to 50. The transaction log display process is a process of displaying a transaction log of a transaction circulating a digitized document specified by a user.

(4-2-2-1) Electronic Document Opening Process In step 2070 of FIG. 20, first, the selection number input to the input area 2130 by the user is obtained. Next, an electronic document object name corresponding to the selected number is obtained from the electronic document object name list displayed in the display area 2131, and the process proceeds to step 2071. When the user refers to the display area 2131 and inputs a selection number corresponding to the digitized document to be opened in the input area 2130, the name of the digitized document object requested by the user to be opened is obtained in this step. The user C displays the display area 213
Assuming that 1 is input to 0, "order document 0705" is obtained as the name of the digitized document object to be opened.

In step 2071, step 2070
The digitized document object is obtained from the digitized document object name obtained in step 2, and the circulation object of the circulation object list of the digitized document object is copied from the server 211 to the circulation object work area 433 via the network device 218, and step 2032 is executed. Proceed to.

When the digitized document object name obtained in step 2070 is “order document 0705”, the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” is obtained, and “order0705.txt” and “order070” are circulated objects.
5.bmp ”is copied to the circulation object work area 433.

After the termination of the terminal processing, the user can edit the circulation object copied to the circulation object work area 433 by using the application program of the application program block 432.

(4-2-2-2) Digitized Document Transmission Process In step 2060, the user first enters the input area 2130
Get the selection number entered in. Next, the display area 2131
The digitized document object name corresponding to the selected number is acquired from the list of digitized document object names displayed in (2), and the process proceeds to step 2061. The user sets the display area 21
When a selection number corresponding to the digitized document to be transmitted is input to input area 2130 with reference to 31, the name of the digitized document object requested by the user to be transmitted is obtained in this step. When the user C inputs 1 into the display area 2130, "order document 0705" is obtained as the name of the digitized document object to be transmitted.

At step 2061, first, at step 20
The digitized document object is obtained from the digitized document object name obtained at 60, and the name of the circulation object constituting the digitized document object is obtained. Next, the circulation object forming the digitized document is overwritten from the circulation object work area 433 to the circulation object stored in the circulation object block of the server 211 via the network device 218, and the process proceeds to step 2062.

When the digitized document object name obtained in step 2060 is “order document 0705”, “order0705.txt” and “order070” are read from the circulation object work area 433.
“Bmp” is overwritten by “order0705.txt” and “order0705.bmp” in the circulation object block of the server 211, respectively. Therefore, the user who has circulated the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” next receives the digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” edited by the user C.

In step 2062, step 2063
It is determined whether or not the request stack object writing process has succeeded, and the process of step 2063 is performed until the request stack object writing process has succeeded. When the request stack object writing process has succeeded, the process proceeds to step 2032.

In step 2063, the digitized document object name of the digitized document object to be transmitted is written in the request stack object 571 of the server 211, and the flow advances to step 2062.

FIG. 22 is a PAD diagram showing the request stack write processing 2063. Here, n_max is the maximum number of stacks of the request stack object. In step 2210, a request stack object writing process is started, and the flow advances to step 2211. Step 2211
Then, the initial value of the request number counting variable n is set to 1, and the process proceeds to step 2212. In step 2212, the request stack object 571 is checked in order to check the request number for writing the name of the waiting digitized document object.
Until the electronic document waiting to be processed with the request number n becomes “none”, the processing after step 2220 is performed. When the digitized document waiting for processing of the request number n of the request stack object 571 is “none”, the process proceeds to step 2213. In step 2213, the outgoing request digitized document object name is written in the pending digitized document object of the request number n of the request stack object 571, and in step 221.
Proceed to 4. In step 2214, the request stack object writing process ends. In step 2220, when n <n_max, the process proceeds to step 2230. When n <n_max is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step 2240. In step 2230, the request number n is incremented by one, and the process proceeds to step 2212. Step 2240
In this case, since there is no place in the request stack to write the digitized document, the request stack writing process ends abnormally (request stack writing process failed).

With the above processing, the digitized document object name of the digitized document object to be transmitted is written in the request stack object 571 of the server 211. When the digitized document object name obtained in step 2060 is “order document 0705” and the request stack object writing process succeeds, the digitized document object name “order document 0705” transmitted by the user C to the request stack object 571 is displayed. Written. The digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” whose name is written in the request stack object 571 is stored in the circulation processing main program 14 of the server 211 as described above.
By the processing based on 10, it is circulated to the next user.

(4-2-2-3) Transaction Log Display Processing Here, the transaction log display processing which is a feature of the present invention will be described. In step 2050, first, the selection number input by the user into the input area 2140 is obtained. Next, from the user log, which is the content of the user log object displayed in the display area 2141, the computerized document object name constituting the log corresponding to the selection number is obtained, and the process proceeds to step 2051.

The input area 2140 is used by the user to specify a digitized document object to be displayed as a transaction log from the user log objects displayed in the display area 2141 together with a log including the digitized document object name. This is an area where the displayed number is input using the keyboard 441. The user sets the display area 21
Referring to FIG. 41, when a selection number corresponding to a log including an electronic document object for which a transaction log is to be displayed is input in input area 2140, the name of the electronic document object for which the user requests the transaction log display is changed. can get. In order to input a selection number corresponding to the digitized document object name currently possessed by the user, the input area 2130 can be used similarly to the digitized document object opening process and the digitized document object transmission process. When the user C inputs the selection number “2” into the input area 2140, “order document” is displayed as the name of the digitized document object for displaying the transaction log.
0705 ".

In step 2051, first, in step 20
Using the digitized document object name obtained in 50,
An electronic document object is obtained from the server 211.
In the server 211, the digitized document object block 52
Search for 0 and send the target digitized document object to the user terminal. Next, a transaction folder object for managing the digitized document object is obtained from the server 211 using the transaction folder name of the digitized document object. The server 211 searches the transaction folder object block 530 and sends the target transaction folder object to the user terminal. Finally, a transaction log object relating to the transaction folder object is obtained using the transaction log object name of the transaction folder object. The server 211 reads the designated transaction log and sends it to the user terminal. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 2052.

If “order document 0705” is designated as the name of the digitized document object for displaying the transaction log in step 2050, the transaction folder object “research equipment order 0705” is specified in this step.
(532) "and the transaction log object" log research equipment order 0705 (562) ".

At step 2052, as shown in FIG. 23, the transaction log received from the server 211 is displayed in a table format on the display area 2310 of the display 413 of the user terminal 212, and the transaction log obtained at step 2050 is displayed on the display area 2311. The computerized document object name is displayed, the transaction folder name obtained in step 2051 is displayed in the display area 2312, and the process proceeds to step 2053.

At step 2051, the transaction folder object “Research equipment order 0705 (532)” and the transaction log object “Log research equipment order”
0705 (562) ”, the display area 2310
The transaction log object “log research equipment order 0705 (562)” is displayed in the display area 2311, and the digitized document object name “order document 0705” is displayed in the display area 2311, and the transaction object name “research equipment order 070 is displayed in the display area 2312.
5 ”is displayed.

According to this processing, the user C is displayed in the display area 2141.
Log object "log user C" displayed in
(553) ”, a transaction log object“ log research equipment ordering work 0705 (562) ”including the circulation history of the digitized document object“ order document 0705 (524) ”circulated by the user C can be obtained. . Transaction log object "log research equipment ordering business
“0705 (562)” is a digitized document object “decision document 0705 (523)” and a digitized document object “order document 0705 (524)” belonging to the same transaction.
, The circulation history of the digitized document object “decision document 0705 (523)” that is not circulated by the user C can also be presented to the user C.

In the above-described embodiment, the transaction folder name and the transaction log object name are input on the user terminal side. And automatically determine the target transaction log.

In step 2053, first, the computerized document object name appearing in the transaction log is extracted from the transaction log. Next, a transaction log is selected for each extracted digitized document object name, and the process proceeds to step 2054. In the transaction log selection for each digitized document object name, the digitized document object name recorded in the transaction log is unnecessary, and is omitted. In the case of the transaction log object “log research equipment order 0705 (562)”, the digitized document object names “decision document 0705” and “order document 0705” are extracted, and the transaction log object is sorted by each digitized document object name. . FIGS. 24 and 25 show the transaction log for each digitized document selected by the digitized document object name.

In step 2054, the transaction log for each digitized document is displayed, and the flow advances to step 2032.
In the case of the transaction log for each digitized document shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the transaction log for each digitized document of the digitized document object “decision document 0705 (523)” is displayed in the display area 2320, and is displayed in the display area (2321). The digitized document object name “decision document 0705” is displayed.
In the display area 2330, the digitized document object "order document"
The transaction log for each digitized document of “0705 (522)” is displayed, and the digitized document object name “order document 0705” is displayed in the display area 2331.

The transaction log object “log research equipment ordering business 0705” displayed in the display area 2310
(562) ”may be difficult to read because the circulation history of the digitized document object“ decision document 0705 (523) ”and the digitized document object“ order document 0705 (524) ”belonging to the same transaction are mixed. The transaction log for each digitized document displayed in the display area 2320 and the display area 2330 is a transaction log object “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (56
2)), the circulation history relating to a single digitized document object is extracted, so that an easy-to-read history can be presented to the user who is paying attention to the single digitized document object. Further, the user C can be presented with a transaction log for each digitized document in which the circulation history of the digitized document object “decision document 0705 (523)” that has not been circulated is extracted.

In the above embodiment, the functions are shared between the server 211 and the user terminal 212 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, but the present invention is not limited to this. In short, it is only necessary that the system has a processing function necessary for realizing the present invention, and the system is not limited to a specific device.

[0113]

As a first effect of the present invention, the user of the electronic document circulation system is the same as the electronic document except for the history information of the electronic document circulated to the user himself. The history information of other digitized documents circulated in the transaction can also be obtained. As a result, the user can proceed with the work while grasping the circulation status of the digitized documents included in the transaction, and can support smoother business operations. For example, in the business process shown in FIG. 1, when the user E (105) proceeds with work, it is assumed that a necessary condition is that the approval document 111 and the order document 112 are complete.

It is assumed that the user C (103) obtains a transaction log as shown in a display area (2310) of FIG. 23 at 18:00 on July 6, 1994. User C
(103) can know that nearly three hours have passed since the user E (105) has already circulated "decision document 0705", which is a digitized document that is not circulated by himself, and he should process his own " Order processing 0705 "
The entire business process can proceed smoothly. In this way, in order for multiple people to cooperate and operate one business process more efficiently, not only the digitized documents that are circulated to themselves but also the progress of documents that are not circulated but have an effect on work are determined. It is possible to grasp the flow of the entire business process and make adjustments with other tasks.

As the second effect of the present invention, the time, the digitized document name, and the user name can be provided as the transaction log in the first effect.
Information relating to the time, the digitized document name, and the user name is important information for achieving the first effect.

As a third effect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a transaction log including a digitized document which is not available at present by sending it to the next circulation destination and present the progress of the transaction to the user. The user can refer to the transaction log and follow up other users.

As a fourth effect of the present invention, when circulation of all digitized documents belonging to a transaction is completed, the transaction log of the transaction is deleted, so that the storage capacity can be saved. This is because, when the circulation of all the digitized documents belonging to the transaction is completed, the necessity of the history of each digitized document generally decreases, and the necessity of the transaction log decreases. Therefore, the transaction log that has become less necessary can be deleted, and the storage capacity can be saved.

As a fifth effect of the present invention, when the transaction log is displayed on the user terminal, the information of the transaction log is displayed separately for each digitized document, so that a plurality of digitized documents and the user are displayed. Transaction logs in which information about the same are mixed can be displayed in an easily viewable manner. The transaction log is an information sequence relating to a plurality of digitized documents and users belonging to the same transaction. When displaying the transaction on the user terminal, the transaction log can be displayed not only in a lump but also as auxiliary information by organizing and displaying the transaction log for each user or each digitized document, thereby helping the user to understand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a business process definition “research equipment ordering business definition” used for explanation in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a device configuration diagram of a digitized document sending system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a device configuration diagram of a server 211 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a device configuration diagram of a user terminal 212 in FIG. 2;

5 is a configuration diagram of a circulation control object block 333 stored in a storage device 330 in FIG.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of data content of a digitized document object “decision document 0705 (523)” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of data content of an electronic document object “order document 0705 (524)” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 shows a user object “user C” in FIG.
(513) "of the data.

9 illustrates an example of data contents of a transaction folder object “research equipment order 0705 (532)” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 shows a request stack object 57 in FIG.
3 illustrates an example of the content of data No. 1;

FIG. 11 illustrates an example of data content of a transaction log object “log research equipment order 0705 (562)” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 illustrates an example of data content of a user log object “log user C (553)” in FIG. 5;

13 illustrates an example of data content of a business process definition object “research equipment ordering business definition (541)” in FIG. 5;

14 is a processing program block 331 in FIG.
FIG.

15 is a circulation processing main program 1 in FIG.
FIG. 410 is a PAD diagram of 410.

FIG. 16 is a PAD diagram of a request stack object read processing program 1411 in FIG. 14;

17 is a PAD diagram of the digitized document object delivery processing program 1412 in FIG.

18 is a PAD diagram of the transaction log object update processing program 1413 in FIG.

19 is a PAD diagram of the transaction log object deletion processing program 1414 in FIG.

20 is a diagram showing a P of the terminal processing program 431 in FIG.
It is an AD diagram.

FIG. 21 is a screen example 1 of the display device 443 in FIG. 4;
It is.

FIG. 22 is a PAD diagram of a request stack object writing process 2063 in FIG. 20;

23 is a second example of the screen of the display device 443 in FIG.
It is.

FIG. 24 illustrates an example of data contents of a transaction log “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (decision document 0705)” by computerized document.

FIG. 25 illustrates an example of data contents of a computerized document-specific transaction log “log research equipment ordering business 0705 (order document 0705)”.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 to 106: User 111 to 112: Electronic document 211: Server 212 to 217: User terminal 443: Display device 521 to 526: Electronic document object 531 to 533: Transaction folder object 541 to 543: Business process definition object 561 to 563: Transaction log object 1412: Electronic document object delivery processing program 1413: Transaction log object update processing program

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Mashima 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Software Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Kenichi Aoshima 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd. Software Development Division (72) Inventor Shunsuke Akito 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd.System Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Tetsuji Toshita Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 5030 Address Hitachi Software Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An electronic document sending system includes an electronic document sending definition, a sending control unit for sending the digitized document, and a sending history storage unit for storing a sending history. System for sending chemical documents.