JP2004110525A - Electronic binder system, program for managing the system, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic binder system by which the revision of documents is effectively reflected only for the electronic binder requiring the revision when the shared documents are revised, and to provide a program for managing the system and a recording medium. <P>SOLUTION: In the electronic binder system, a server storing the shared documents in a plurality of PCs (Personal Computer) is connected through a network to the plurality of PCs preparing the electronic binder by extracting specific pages from each page of the documents and by binding the specific pages. The server 102 edits documents upon receiving editing instructions from the PC 101 and stores the editing-free documents and the edited documents. The PC 101 executes processing for defining the pages of the documents edited by the server 102, namely, the pages of the documents constituting the electronic binder, when the editing instructions on the documents are output to the server 102, and prepares the thumbnails of the defined pages. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic binder system for binding electronic documents, a management program for the system, and a recording medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Recently, companies are introducing document management systems to promote document reuse. Initial document management systems were designed to capture paper documents as images with a scanner and store them.However, recently, documents created on personal computers have increased, and such documents can be registered and stored. ing.
[0003]
Also, recently, an arbitrary page can be extracted from a plurality of registered documents and bound as a binder to form a single document (hereinafter referred to as an electronic binder). Prior application of Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-244906).
[0004]
Therefore, the electronic document in the local terminal for each user can share the original document, the page determined image, and the reduced image with other users in the server.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the document being shared is changed, the change affects other users, and there is a problem that the document cannot be shared.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and when a shared document is changed, an electronic binder that can effectively reflect the document change only to an electronic binder that requires the change is provided. It is an object to provide a binder system, a management program for the system, and a recording medium.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, an electronic binder system according to claim 1, further comprising: a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients; and an electronic binder that extracts and binds a specific page from each page of the document. In an electronic binder system in which a plurality of clients are connected via a network, the server receives an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients and edits the document, and the editing unit edits the document. Storage means for storing a document before being edited and a document after being edited, wherein each of the plurality of clients outputs edit instruction output means for outputting an edit instruction for the document to the server; and Execute the process to confirm the page of the document edited by Page determination processing execution means, thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the page determined by the page determination processing execution means, and when the document edit instruction is output by the edit instruction output means, the page determination processing execution means And control means for controlling the thumbnail creation means to operate.
[0008]
The electronic binder system according to claim 2 is the electronic binder system according to claim 1, wherein the server, when editing the document by the editing unit, outputs the editing instruction to a client other than the client that outputs the editing instruction. It is characterized by comprising a notifying means for notifying that the document has been edited.
[0009]
The electronic binder system according to claim 3, wherein in the electronic binder system according to claim 1 or 2, the plurality of clients each include a registration unit that registers a new document in the storage unit of the server. I do.
[0010]
The electronic binder system according to claim 4, wherein in the electronic binder system according to claim 3, when a new document is registered in the storage unit of the server by the registration unit, the control unit executes the page determination process. Means and the thumbnail creation means are controlled to operate.
[0011]
A management program for an electronic binder system according to claim 5, wherein a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients, and a plurality of pages that create an electronic binder by extracting and binding a specific page from each page of the document. In a management program for an electronic binder system connected to a client via a network, an editing step of editing the document in response to an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients, and a document before being edited in the editing step And causing the server to execute a save step of saving the edited document and an edit instruction output step of outputting an edit instruction of the document to the server; and determining a page of the document edited by the server. Page to be executed A processing execution step, a thumbnail creation step of creating a thumbnail of the page determined by the page determination processing execution step, and the page determination processing execution step when the editing instruction output step outputs the document editing instruction. And a control step of controlling the thumbnail creation step to operate so that each of the plurality of clients executes the thumbnail creation step.
[0012]
7. A recording medium according to claim 6, wherein a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients and a plurality of clients that create an electronic binder by extracting and binding a specific page from each page of the document are connected to a network. Editing that edits the document in response to an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients, on a recording medium that stores a management program for an electronic binder system connected via a computer and that is readable by the plurality of clients and the server. An edit instruction outputting step of causing the server to execute a step of storing a document before being edited in the editing step and a document after being edited in the editing step, and outputting an instruction to edit the document to the server. And the doki edited on the server Executing a process for determining the page of the document, a thumbnail creating step for creating a thumbnail of the page determined by the page determining process executing step, and outputting the document edit instruction by the edit instruction output step. In this case, each of the plurality of clients is caused to execute a control step of controlling the operation of executing the page determination process and the thumbnail creation step.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
The present invention is an invention that makes it possible to handle electronic documents distributed on a network created by different application software as spelling of the same page.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration for executing an electronic binder system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0016]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a personal computer (PC) having an electronic binder. Reference numeral 102 denotes a local server on the same local area network (LAN) 1 as the PC 101. Reference numeral 103 denotes a personal computer on the same LAN 1 as the PC 101. The LAN 1 connects the PCs 101 and 103 and the server 102, and is further connected to a WAN (Wide Area Network) or the Internet via a gateway 104.
[0017]
A PC 106 is connected to a LAN 2 different from the LAN 1, and the LAN 2 is connected to a WAN or the Internet via a gateway 105.
[0018]
A remote server 108 is connected to the LAN 3, and the LAN 3 is connected to a WAN or the Internet via a gateway 107.
[0019]
In LANs 1 to 3, connected computers and the like are not limited to this example.
[0020]
Next, an example of an application for editing the electronic binder and its function will be described.
[0021]
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application for editing an electronic binder.
[0022]
The electronic binder application shown in FIG. 3 includes a document list 203 displaying a list of registered documents, a page view 202 displaying thumbnails of pages of a document selected in the document list 203, and a document list 203. And a workspace 201 that displays only necessary pages from each page of the document included in the document and sorts them (that is, the contents of the binder). In addition to displaying the workspace 201, the workspace 201 can perform actual operations such as page replacement, page deletion, and addition within the workspace. Further, as for the documents registered in the document list 203, not only files in the local area but also those in a remote (electronic binder) server can be handled. Remote document registration will be described later. In FIG. 2, the documents registered in the electronic binder are five files “ABC”, “DEF”, “GHI”, “JKL”, and “MNO” displayed in the document list 203, and the document “DEF” is inverted. Because of the display, what is displayed in the page view 202 is a thumbnail of the document “DEF”. In the workspace 201, five pages are extracted from five registered documents.
[0023]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example when the selection of a document displayed on the document list 203 illustrated in FIG. 2 is switched.
[0024]
When the document to be selected is switched from the document “DEF” to the document “GHI” by a user action (for example, clicking the document “GHI” with a mouse or switching the selection by a menu, etc.), the document is displayed in the document list 203. The displayed document “GHI” is highlighted and the page view 202 displays thumbnails of pages included in the document “GHI”.
[0025]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example when a page included in the document “DEF” illustrated in FIG. 2 is newly inserted into the workspace 201.
[0026]
When the page “α” included in the page view 202 is inserted between “i” and “u” in the workspace 201, the page “α” is added to the workspace 201. This can be performed by the user performing drag and drop using the mouse, or performing an operation of selecting and adding the page “α” from the menu.
[0027]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example when the page “e” is deleted from the workspace 201 illustrated in FIG.
[0028]
The page “e” is deleted from the workspace 201 by the user executing the deletion of the page “e” using the mouse or performing an operation of deleting the page “e” from the menu.
[0029]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the page “i” has been moved between the pages “e” and “o” in the workspace 201 illustrated in FIG.
[0030]
This can be performed by the user performing drag and drop of the page “I” using a mouse, or performing an operation of selecting and moving the page “I” from a menu.
[0031]
Although not shown in the figure, the original document, that is, the document listed in the document list 203 can be edited.
[0032]
As described above, an electronic binder system registers multiple electronic documents, divides them into pages, adds necessary pages across multiple documents, and rearranges those pages. Create new documents from multiple documents by removing unnecessary pages, collecting necessary pages from multiple documents, and editing the original document if you want to edit the original document System.
[0033]
In this electronic binder system, the original document may be placed on a server on a network.
[0034]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic binder file existing in the PC 101 in FIG. 1. This will be described below. In the present invention, XML (Extensional Markup Language) is used as a document description language.
[0035]
In the drawing, a portion surrounded by <EBINDER> to </ EBINDER> represents an electronic binder. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the attributes attached to each element are omitted unless otherwise required. A portion surrounded by <BINDER_INFO> to </ BINDER_INFO> describes information related to the electronic binder. In the figure, the part enclosed by <TITLE> to </ TITLE> describes the title of the electronic binder, and its content is "Sample Binder". In the related information of the electronic binder described in a portion surrounded by <BINDER_INFO> to </ BINDER_INFO>, not only a title but also metadata such as a creator, a keyword, or a creation date can be input. .
[0036]
An electronic document included in the electronic binder is represented by a portion surrounded by <MATERIAL> to </ MATERIAL>. The files attribute of the start tag <MATERIAL> indicates the number of electronic documents included in the electronic binder. In this example, three documents are included.
[0037]
A portion surrounded by <EFILE> to </ EFILE> represents an individual electronic document. As described above, in this example, since three electronic documents are included, three groups of <EFILE> to </ EFILE> are described. Inside these, there are portions surrounded by <FILE_INFO> to </ FILE_INFO>, respectively, in which metadata for each electronic document can be entered. The content of the metadata is the same as that of <EBINDER_INFO> described above. Further, in a portion surrounded by <EFILE_INFO> to </ EFILE_INFO>, application information 301 for which an electronic document has been created as shown in FIG. 8 can be inserted. More specifically, it is possible to insert an application name (appName), an application vendor name (vendor), an application version (version), and a comment (comment) for the application.
[0038]
Here, a portion surrounded by <EFILE> to </ EFILE> which appears first in FIG. 7 will be described.
[0039]
The EFILE tag has an href attribute, which indicates the location of the original file of the target electronic document. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the href attribute is represented by a relative path, and means a local file (where the electronic binder exists). Further, the EFILE tag includes a totalPage attribute indicating the total number of pages of the electronic document and an id indicating an identifier assigned to each electronic document included in the electronic binder. In this system, virtual printing is performed at the stage when the electronic document is input to the electronic binder, and the number of pages is determined. Therefore, the total number of pages can be obtained by using the pages at the time of printing, even in a format in which the number of pages is not determined, such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or some word processing software. It becomes possible. In a portion surrounded by <EFILE> to </ EFILE>, a summary for the electronic document can be further added by a DOC_SUMMARY tag 302 shown in FIG. The addition of the summary may be performed by the creator of the electronic binder, or may be automatically performed mechanically using a summary engine or the like.
[0040]
Inside the EFILE tag, there is a portion surrounded by <EPAGES> to </ EPABES>, in which information for each page obtained by virtual printing is described. Virtual printing refers to launching an application according to the type of file and issuing a print command to the application. At this time, the printer driver is not a printer driver that performs normal paper output, but uses a printer driver that can output an image file such as multi-page TIFF or the like which handles a plurality of pages or a PDF format of Adobe. Here, the electronic binder handles editing work such as rearrangement of pages in a state where the pages enclosed by <EFILE> to </ FILE> are determined in this way. It is possible to prevent the printing result from being different depending on the environment of the printer or the computer.
[0041]
Information for each page is described by an EPAGE tag, and includes a page number (page attribute), a location of a thumbnail image for the page (thumbnail attribute), a type of thumbnail image (thumb_type attribute), and a location of a file representing the page. (Pagefile attribute) and the type of the page image (type attribute). In this example, the thumbnail is in the local file system, its type is a bitmap image, the image for each page is also in the local file system, and its type is Adobe PDF. Further, similarly to the summary for the entire document described above, the summary can be added to each page by using the PAGE_SUMMARY tag 303 shown in FIG. Although not described in FIG. 7, it is possible to add annotation information for each page by using an ANNOTATION tag.
[0042]
Next, in FIG. 7, a portion surrounded by <EFILE> to </ FILE> which appears second and third is different from the above-described portion surrounded by <EFILE> to </ FILE> which appears first. Will be described.
[0043]
The EFILE tag has an href attribute, which indicates the location of the original file of the target electronic document. In this tag, the location of the original file is indicated by a URL (Uniform Resource Locators). In this way, it is also possible to specify a file on a remote server. Also, the pagefile attribute and the thumbnail attribute in the EPAGE tag included in the EFILE tag may specify a file on a remote server, similarly to the href attribute. Whether the original document file on the remote server can be copied to the local machine or the file or thumbnail divided for each page can be left on the remote server depends on the relationship between the server and the user ( The content that can be processed changes according to the security level.
[0044]
Next, a method for a user to register an electronic document in the server 102 on the network via the PC 101 will be described.
[0045]
First, the PC 101 logs in to the server 102 through an authentication unit of the server 102 by an operation of a user who wants to register an electronic document.
[0046]
Here, when the electronic document is registered in the server 102, the PC 101 automatically starts an application in the PC 101 corresponding to the electronic document, performs a printing process to determine a page, and stores the electronic document in a page. The image is converted into the determined image format (for example, Adobe PDF or bitmap image). At this time, the PC 101 also creates a reduced image (thumbnail). Thereby, the PC 101 updates the data of the electronic binder.
[0047]
If the PC 101 does not have the corresponding application or cannot automatically start the corresponding application, the PC 101 displays that the electronic document cannot be converted into the image format in which the page is determined and notifies the server 102. .
[0048]
Furthermore, if the PC 101 does not have a corresponding application or cannot automatically start the corresponding application, if the user can create a page confirmation image or a reduced image on another PC separately, Can be registered. In this case, even when editing processing for the electronic document described later is performed, the user must create a page finalized image as necessary.
[0049]
Next, a method of registering an electronic document as an original document of an electronic binder will be described.
[0050]
First, as a premise, a user creates an electronic binder on the PC 101, and sets an electronic document in the PC 101 and an electronic document in the server 102 as original documents.
[0051]
There are two methods for registering as an original document of the electronic binder. One is a method of linking to an electronic document in the server 102, and the other is a method of copying the electronic document in the server 102 to the local PC 101.
[0052]
In the former case, the same electronic document can be shared by a plurality of users on a network that can access the electronic document. However, in this method, when one user changes the original electronic document, the change may be applied to other users.
[0053]
In the latter case, the electronic document is at the user's hand and is not shared with other users, so there is no possibility that changes will occur to other users. However, in this case, if the application that can open the electronic document is only on the server and not in the PC 101, it cannot be edited. Further, if the PC 101 does not have a printer driver for determining the page, even if there is an application, the image whose page has been determined cannot be created. There must be.
[0054]
Next, a method for a user to edit an original electronic document on the server 102 via the PC 101 will be described.
[0055]
First, when a link is provided from the electronic binder to the electronic document on the server 102, a process to be performed when the electronic document is changed is set. There are three types of settings, which are named link levels.
[0056]
Link level 1. When there is a change in the electronic document, a notification is received from the server 102 to determine whether to update the electronic binder.
[0057]
Link level 2. When the electronic document is changed, the electronic binder is automatically updated the next time the server 102 is accessed.
[0058]
Link level 3. Even if the electronic document has changed, the electronic document before the change is maintained.
[0059]
In the server 102, the number of linked documents for each document and the setting of the link level at the time of change among the above three are recorded.
[0060]
In the server 102, electronic documents and electronic binders have unique IDs. For example, the ID is in a format such as a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier). These are called a document ID and a binder ID, respectively.
[0061]
Further, the electronic document has a space for storing the information of the link destination as described above. This is called a link management table, and the link management table has three areas corresponding to link levels. Each of these three areas has an entry for storing a variable length binder ID. More specifically, for a document, a document having a binder ID of "ABC" and "DEF" has link level 1, and a document having a binder ID of "XYZ" has link level 3 and are registered as original documents of an electronic binder. If so, there are two entries “ABC” and “DEF” in the Link1 area of the link management table of the document, and one entry “XYZ” in the Link3 area. No entry exists in the Link2 area.
[0062]
The electronic document has two fields, a “reference flag” for indicating whether or not the electronic document is referenced from the electronic binder, and a “post-edit ID” indicating a post-edit document ID when the edit is performed. And have In editing an electronic document, the electronic document is copied before editing as described later, and the electronic documents “before editing” and “after editing” are stored in the server 102. Documents "before editing" are deleted at appropriate times. The “post-edit ID” is the document ID of the post-edit document. Thus, an electronic document has one table and two fields.
[0063]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process for registering an electronic document on the server 102 as a new original document in the electronic binder on the PC 101.
[0064]
It is assumed that the PC 101 has logged on to the server 102. It is also assumed that the PC 101 has already selected an appropriate electronic document on the server 102 and intends to register the electronic document.
[0065]
First, when the new registration process is started, the server 102 determines whether to copy the electronic document to the PC 101 (step S901). This determination is made based on an input from the PC 101.
[0066]
When the electronic document is copied to the PC 101 as a result of the determination in step S901, the electronic document is copied to the PC 101 (step S902), and the document becomes an original document. In this case, since there is no electronic document on the server 102, the link level is irrelevant (there is no need to set). At the same time as the processing in step S902, the PC 101 creates a page-confirmed image and thumbnail.
[0067]
On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S901 is that the electronic document is not to be copied to the PC 101, a link level must be set to reference the document on the server 102. For this reason, the server 102 allows the user to select a link level via the PC 101 and accepts an input of the link level (step S903).
[0068]
Next, the server 102 determines whether or not the link level input in step S903 is “1” (step S904). If the link level is “1”, the server 102 determines whether the link level is “1”. Then, the binder ID of the access source is registered in the Link1 area (step S905), and this processing ends. It is assumed that the binder ID has been acquired in advance by the function of the server 102.
[0069]
If the link level is not “1” as a result of the determination in step S904, the server 102 determines whether or not the link level input in step S903 is “2” (step S906). If the link level is not "2", the server 102 registers the access source binder ID in the Link2 area of the link management table (step S907), and ends this processing. Since the link level is “3”, the server 102 registers the access source binder ID in the Link 3 area of the link management table (step S908), and ends this processing. Similarly to the case of the link level 1, it is assumed that the binder ID has been acquired in advance by the function of the server 102 in steps S907 and S908.
[0070]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process when the electronic document is edited and updated by the server 102 via the PC 101.
[0071]
First, upon starting the editing process, the server 102 copies the document (step S1001). Next, the server 102 sets the document ID of the post-edit document in the “post-edit ID” field of the pre-edit document (step S1002), and receives the editing instruction from the PC 101 to edit the document copied in step S1001. Is edited according to (step S1003). At this time, the PC 101 simultaneously creates a page unit image and a thumbnail. That is, the PC 101 is controlled to automatically create a page unit image and to create a thumbnail when a document is edited by the server 102 in response to an editing instruction from the PC 101.
[0072]
Next, the server 102 determines whether or not the entries of all the areas of the links 1 to 3 in the link management table are empty (step S1004).
[0073]
If the result of the determination in step S1004 is that all the entries in the area are empty, the server 102 determines whether or not the “reference flag” of the document before editing is referenced (step S1005). If the "reference flag" of the document is not referred to, the document before editing is deleted from the server (step S1006), and this processing is ended. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S1005, " If the "reference flag" is referred to, the document is being referred to by another electronic binder, and thus the present process is terminated without deleting the document before editing. The processing in steps S1005 to S1006 indicates that, even if a document is shared by a plurality of users, the data before editing remains even if a certain user edits the document, and anyone other than the editing user can refer to it.
[0074]
As a result of the determination in step S1004, if the entries of all the areas are not empty, that is, if any entry is registered in the link management table, the processing of steps S1007 to S1009 is repeated. That is, the server 102 first extracts the binder ID from the Link1 area of the link management table (step S1007), and transmits an update message to the terminal having the binder ID (step S1008). This utilizes known communication means.
[0075]
Next, the server 102 determines whether or not the processing in step S1008 has been performed on all the entries in the Link1 area of the link management table (step S109), and performs the processing in step S1008 on all the entries in the Link1 area. If not, the process returns to step S1007. On the other hand, if the processing in step S1008 has been performed for all entries in the Link1 area, the "reference flag" of the edited document is set to "referenced". (Step S1010). If there is no entry in the Link1 area, the process advances from step S1004 to step S1010.
[0076]
Next, the server 102 determines whether or not the processing of steps S1007 to S1010 has been performed on the entries of the Link2 area and the Link3 area of the link management table (step S1011). While returning to step S1007, if these processes are being performed, this process ends.
[0077]
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing when an electronic document on the server 102 is accessed from an electronic binder on the PC 101.
[0078]
First, when the original document is accessed from the electronic binder on the PC 101, the server 102 determines whether or not the document has been updated based on whether or not a value has been assigned to the “post-edit ID” (step S1101). . If no value is entered in the “post-edit ID”, the document has not been updated, so this process ends. On the other hand, if a value has been substituted into the “post-edit ID”, Is updated, the server 102 checks the area where the accessed binder ID is registered in the link management table of the document. Specifically, the server 102 determines whether or not the binder ID exists in the link management table and is unique (step S1102). When the binder ID does not exist in the link management table or when it is not unique (when the binder ID is registered repeatedly), an error process is performed (step S1107), and the process ends.
[0079]
In step S1102, if the binder ID exists in the link management table and is unique, it is determined whether the binder ID belongs to the Link1 area (step S1103). If the binder ID belongs to the Link1 area, an update inquiry process to be described later with reference to FIG. 13 is performed (step S1105), and this processing is ended. On the other hand, if the binder ID does not belong to the Link2 area, the binder ID is changed. It is determined whether it belongs to the Link2 area (step S1104). When the binder ID belongs to the Link2 area, a document update process described later with reference to FIG. 12 is performed (step S1106). On the other hand, when the binder ID does not belong to the Link2 area, the binder ID belongs to the Link3 area. This processing ends without doing anything.
[0080]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process when the server 102 updates a document.
[0081]
First, the server 102 searches for the latest edited document (step S1201). The search method obtains a document specified by the “post-edit ID” of the document specified as the original document. The server 102 checks the “edited ID” of the document, and if the document has been updated, requests the next document. In this way, the server 102 traces by the “post-edit ID”, and the one with no value set in the “post-edit ID” becomes the latest post-edit document. Next, the server 102 deletes the entry in the area of the link management table of the document before editing (step S1202). Finally, the server 102 sets this binder ID in the same area of the link management table of the latest edited document obtained in step S1201 (step S1203), and ends this processing.
[0082]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process in which the server 102 inquires of a document update.
[0083]
First, the server 102 causes the PC 101 to display a message inquiring whether to update the document or use the original document (step S1301). At the same time, the user inputs the result to the server 102 via the PC 101. Then, the server 102 determines whether or not to update the document (step S1302). If the result of this determination is that the document is not to be updated, the process is terminated, while if the document is to be updated, the document update process shown in FIG. 12 is performed and the process is terminated.
[0084]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the server 102 edits a document in response to an editing instruction from the PC 101, saves a document before being edited and a document after being edited, and Executes a process of determining the page of the document edited by the server 102, that is, the page of the document constituting the electronic binder, and creates a thumbnail of the determined page when the document editing instruction is output to the server 102. Therefore, while the document before being edited is maintained on the server 102, the document change can be effectively reflected only on the electronic binder that needs the document change. An electronic binder that does not require changes to a document can maintain the document before it is edited.
[0085]
Also, when the PC 101 registers a new document in the server 102, the PC 101 executes a process of determining the page of the document registered in the server 102, that is, the page of the document constituting the electronic binder, and executes the process of determining the determined page. Since the thumbnail is created, the document change can be effectively reflected only on the electronic binder that needs the document change.
[0086]
The present invention achieves the object of the present invention also by supplying a computer or CPU with a software program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and reading and executing the supplied program. Needless to say.
[0087]
In this case, the program is supplied by being downloaded directly from a recording medium storing the program (not shown) or from another computer or database (not shown) connected to the Internet, a commercial network, a local area network, or the like. Is done.
[0088]
Further, the program only needs to be able to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments by a computer, and the form includes object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to an OS, and the like. May be.
[0089]
Still further, the object of the present invention is also achieved by supplying a computer with a recording medium storing a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments, and reading and executing the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that this is achieved.
[0090]
As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, RAM, NV-RAM, floppy (registered trademark) disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, MO, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW), a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, and other ROMs can be used as long as they can store the program.
[0091]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the electronic binder system according to the first aspect, the management program of the electronic binder system according to the fifth aspect, and the recording medium according to the sixth aspect, the server sends the editing instruction from the client. Receives and edits the document, saves the document before being edited and the document after being edited, and outputs a document editing instruction to the server when the client outputs a document editing instruction to the server. That is, since the process of determining the page of the document constituting the electronic binder is executed and the thumbnail of the determined page is created, the document before being edited is maintained on the server, and the electronic binder which needs to change the document is maintained. Only the document changes can be effectively reflected. An electronic binder that does not require changes to a document can maintain the document before it is edited.
[0092]
According to the electronic binder system of the fourth aspect, even when the client registers a new document in the server, a process of determining the page of the document registered in the server, that is, the page of the document constituting the electronic binder. Is executed and the thumbnail of the confirmed page is created, so that the document change can be effectively reflected only on the electronic binder that requires the document change.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration for executing an electronic binder system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application for editing an electronic binder.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example when a selection of a document displayed on a document list 203 illustrated in FIG. 2 is switched.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example when a page included in the document “DEF” illustrated in FIG. 2 is newly inserted into a workspace 201;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example when a page “e” is deleted from a workspace 201 illustrated in FIG. 2;
6 is a diagram showing an example in which a page “i” is moved between pages “e” and “o” in the workspace 201 shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic binder file existing in the PC 101 in FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic binder file existing in the PC 101 in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of registering an electronic document on the server 102 as a new original document in the electronic binder on the PC 101 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process when the electronic document is edited and updated by the server 102 via the PC 101 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process when an electronic document on the server is accessed from the electronic binder on the PC in FIG. 1;
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing when the server updates a document.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process in which the server 102 inquires of document update.
[Explanation of symbols]
1-3 LAN
101, 103, 106 Personal computer (PC)
102,108 servers
104, 105, 107 gateway

Claims (6)

In an electronic binder system in which a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients and a plurality of clients that create an electronic binder by extracting and binding a specific page from each page of the document are connected via a network, ,
An editing unit configured to edit the document in response to an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients; a storage unit configured to store a document before being edited by the editing unit and a document after being edited; With
An editing instruction output unit configured to output an instruction to edit the document to the server; a page determination process executing unit configured to execute a process of determining a page of the document edited by the server; The thumbnail creation means for creating a thumbnail of the page determined by the page determination processing execution means, and the page determination processing execution means and the thumbnail creation means operate when the editing instruction output means outputs the document editing instruction. Electronic control system comprising: a control unit for performing such control. The server includes a notifying unit that, when the editing unit edits the document, notifies a client other than the client that outputs the editing instruction that the document has been edited. Item 2. The electronic binder system according to Item 1. The electronic binder system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of clients includes a registration unit that registers a new document in the storage unit of the server. When the registration unit registers a new document in the storage unit of the server, the control unit controls the page confirmation processing execution unit and the thumbnail creation unit to operate. 3. The electronic binder system according to 3. An electronic binder system in which a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients and a plurality of clients that create an electronic binder by extracting and binding a specific page from each page of the document via a network is provided. In the management program,
An editing step of editing the document in response to an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients, and a saving step of saving a document before being edited in the editing step and a document after being edited in the server. Let it run,
An edit instruction output step of outputting the document edit instruction to the server, a page determination processing execution step of executing processing for determining a page of the document edited by the server, and the page determination processing execution step A thumbnail creation step of creating a thumbnail of a page; and a control step of controlling the page confirmation processing execution step and the thumbnail creation step to operate when the document edit instruction is output by the edit instruction output step. A management program for an electronic binder system, which is executed by each of the plurality of clients. An electronic binder system in which a server that stores a document shared by a plurality of clients and a plurality of clients that create an electronic binder by extracting and binding a specific page from each page of the document via a network is provided. In a recording medium storing a management program, the recording medium being readable by the plurality of clients and the server,
An editing step of editing the document in response to an editing instruction from each of the plurality of clients, and a saving step of saving a document before being edited in the editing step and a document after being edited in the server. Let it run,
An edit instruction output step of outputting the document edit instruction to the server, a page determination processing execution step of executing processing for determining a page of the document edited by the server, and the page determination processing execution step A thumbnail creation step of creating a thumbnail of a page; and a control step of controlling the page confirmation processing execution step and the thumbnail creation step to operate when the document edit instruction is output by the edit instruction output step. A recording medium that is executed by each of the plurality of clients.

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