JP2006259918A - Progress management support device, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a progress management support device, a progress management support method and a progress management support program capable of automatically registering the information indicating a progress state of work executed on the basis of a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. <P>SOLUTION: In supporting the management of the progress state of the work executed on the basis of a message attached to the electronic document, status information representing the progress state of the work is updated to the information representing a state in response to a prescribed operation by an update portion 41B when the prescribed operation relating to the progress of the work by a user of a client device 60 is detected by a detecting portion 41A in a progress management server 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a progress management support device, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a progress that supports management of the progress status of work performed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. The present invention relates to a management support apparatus, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program.

  In recent years, a technique for attaching additional information such as character information, image information, audio information, and link information to an arbitrary position of an electronic document without affecting the text of the electronic document has been widely used. Note that the additional information is collectively referred to as an annotation in this specification.

  Examples of systems that can attach this annotation to an electronic document include DocuWorks (registered trademark) of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and Acrobat (registered trademark) of Adobe Corporation in the United States.

  By the way, as a usage form of a system that can attach an annotation as described above to an electronic document, a form in which a review based on information indicated by the annotation is electronically performed via a network by a predetermined reviewer Can be considered. Here, “review” means a work for evaluating whether a document created as a work product having a certain purpose is valid as a work product.

  As a conventional technique that can be applied to support reviews by such reviewers, Patent Document 1 discloses a progress management function based on a review schedule based on a review request, a review, and a comment processing mode. A technique for realizing an effective review process by providing a comment type suitable for work is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, the contents of editing operations and comments at that time can be displayed by embedding editing operation information such as changing, deleting, and adding as markups in a document. A technology having a function of reflecting in a document in accordance with a markup instruction is disclosed.

Further, in Patent Document 3, a structured document structured by a document structure tag and an update instruction by an annotation corresponding to a document designated by an update instruction tag are not completely matched if the structure is the same document. However, a technique that can reflect and create an edited document is disclosed.
JP-A-5-225194 JP-A-5-181861 JP 2004-139393 A

  By the way, when a comment instructing some work related to the electronic document is attached as an annotation to the electronic document, managing the progress of the work is extremely important for steadily proceeding the work without delay.

  Therefore, in order to make it easy for the person concerned with the electronic document such as a reviewer to grasp the progress of the above work, information indicating the progress of the above work is provided by the person executing the work. It may be possible to register the information according to the above information so that the relevant parties can refer to the information via a network.

  However, in this embodiment, it is necessary for a work performer or the like to actively register information indicating the progress status of the work, which is troublesome. In particular, when this information is registered by the work performer himself, this problem is serious because an operation other than the actual work specified by the annotation is performed. Furthermore, when managing the progress status in multiple stages such as before work, during work, and waiting for approval after work is completed, this information must be registered at each stage, so this problem is more serious. It will be something.

  On the other hand, in the technologies disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, since the management of the progress status of the work executed based on the instruction by the annotation is not considered, the progress status of the work is indicated. It is not possible to solve the problem that it takes time and effort to register the information to be shown artificially.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is a progress management capable of automatically registering information indicating the progress status of work executed based on work instruction comments attached to an electronic document. An object is to provide a support device, a progress management support method, and a progress management support program.

  In order to achieve the above object, a progress management support apparatus according to claim 1 is a progress management support apparatus that supports management of a progress state of a work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. Storage means for storing status information indicating the progress status of the work, detection means for detecting a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work, and the status information when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection means. Updating means for updating to information indicating a state corresponding to the operation.

  The progress management support apparatus according to claim 1 supports management of a progress state of a work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document, and status information indicating the progress state of the work is provided. Stored by the storage means. The storage means includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a semiconductor storage element such as a flash EEPROM (Flash EEPROM), smart media (SmartMedia (registered trademark)), xD. Picture card (xD-Picture Card), compact flash (CompactFlash), ATA (AT Attachment) card, micro drive, flexible disk, CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable), CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable), optical Examples include a portable recording medium such as a magnetic disk, a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk, or an external storage device provided in a server computer connected to a network.

  Here, according to the present invention, a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work is detected by the detecting unit, and the state information is detected when the predetermined unit is detected by the detecting unit by the updating unit. It is updated to information indicating the state according to the operation.

  As described above, according to the progress management support apparatus according to claim 1, in supporting the management of the progress state of the work executed based on the work instruction comment attached to the electronic document, the predetermined process related to the progress of the work is determined. Since the status information indicating the progress status of the work is updated to the information indicating the status corresponding to the predetermined operation when an operation is detected, the information indicating the progress status of the work executed based on the work instruction comment Can be registered automatically.

  According to the present invention, as in the invention described in claim 2, the work instruction comment is instructed to correct the document information in a partial area corresponding to the position of the electronic document to which the work instruction comment is attached. The state information includes pre-start information indicating a state before the start of the correction work, correction information indicating a state in which the execution of the correction work is instructed, and a state in which the correction work is being performed. In-execution information, approval approval information indicating that the correction work execution result is awaiting approval, rejection information indicating that the correction work execution result is rejected, and the execution result of the correction work The information may be at least one of corrected information indicating a state in which the result of correction work is reflected in the electronic document.

  In particular, the invention according to claim 2 is the same as the invention according to claim 3, wherein the status information includes the pre-start information, the correction information required, the in-progress information, the approval waiting information, and the rejection information. And the corrected information, and the detection means includes a first operation for designating a work performer of the correction work, a second operation for instructing execution of the correction work, and an electronic attached with the work instruction comment A third operation for reading out the document, a fourth operation for correcting and registering the electronic document to which the work instruction comment is attached, a fifth operation for rejecting the execution result of the correction operation on the electronic document, and a correction operation on the electronic document A sixth operation that approves the result of the operation is detected, and the update unit updates the state information to the pre-start information when the first operation is detected by the detection unit, and the second operation detects And The state information is updated to the correction required information, the state information is updated to the on-going information when the third operation is detected, and the state information is updated when the fourth operation is detected. Update to approval waiting information, update the status information to the rejection information when the fifth operation is detected, and update the status information to the corrected information when the sixth operation is detected It is good.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, as in the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the sixth operation is detected by the detecting unit, a correction reflecting unit that reflects a correction result on the electronic document. It is good also as what further provided.

  Further, the correction reflecting means of the invention described in claim 4 is the correction result for only a predetermined partial area including the position to which the work instruction comment is attached, as in the invention of claim 5. May be reflected.

  On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a progress management support method according to claim 6 is a progress management support method that supports management of a progress state of a work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document. Then, when a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work is detected, the state information indicating the progress state of the work is updated to information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation.

  Therefore, according to the progress management support method of the sixth aspect, since it operates in the same manner as the first aspect of the invention, the progress of the work executed based on the work instruction comment as in the first aspect of the invention. Information indicating the state can be automatically registered.

  On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the progress management support program according to claim 7 is a progress management support program for supporting the management of the progress status of the work executed based on the work instruction comment attached to the electronic document. A detecting step for detecting a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work, and information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation as status information indicating the progress state of the work when the predetermined operation is detected by the detecting step. And an update step for updating the computer.

  Therefore, according to the progress management support program of the seventh aspect, it is possible to cause the computer to act in the same manner as the first aspect of the invention. Therefore, based on the work instruction comment, as in the first aspect of the invention. The information indicating the progress status of the work to be executed can be automatically registered.

  According to the present invention, when supporting a management of a progress state of a work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document, the progress state of the work when a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work is detected. Since the status information indicating the status is updated to the information indicating the status according to the predetermined operation, information indicating the progress status of the work executed based on the work instruction comment can be automatically registered. Is obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where the present invention is applied to a document processing system configured as a client / server system will be described.

〔System configuration〕
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, the document processing system 90 includes electronic data used in the document processing system 90 (including not only document data but also all other electronic data supported by the document processing system 90). And a client system 94 used by users of the document processing system 90 (including reviewers and work performers described later).

  The server system 92 includes a document management server 10 that manages electronic documents (hereinafter also simply referred to as “documents”) and an annotation management server 20 that manages annotations. The document management server 10 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves documents, and the annotation management server 20 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves annotations attached to documents.

  In this way, by providing the document management server 10 that manages the entire document and the annotation management server 20 that manages the annotations attached to the electronic document, additional corrections to a plurality of electronic documents can be independently performed by a plurality of users. Even when it is performed, it is possible to avoid a contradiction in the contents of the final electronic document, correction of correction, and the like.

  For example, even if one user adds a supplementary explanation as an annotation to a certain part of the original electronic document, while another user makes a modification that deletes the same part, the edited part Is registered in the annotation management server 20 in association with the electronic document main body managed by the document management server 10, so that there is no inconsistency in the electronic document main body and content such as additional correction corresponding thereto. Management can be performed.

  As shown in the figure, the document management server 10 includes a control unit 11 that controls the operation of the document management server 10 as a whole, a main storage unit 12 for storing various types of information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 13, an operation unit 14 including a keyboard and a mouse (pointing device), a document database DB1 described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 15 for storing various parameter information, and the like, And a transmission / reception unit 16 for exchanging various kinds of information with an external device, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S1. That is, the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment is configured by a normal personal computer (hereinafter also referred to as “PC”).

  The annotation management server 20 also includes a control unit 21 that controls the operation of the annotation management server 20 as a whole, a main storage unit 22 for storing various types of information, and a display unit 23 that includes a display such as a liquid crystal display. , An operation unit 24 including a keyboard and a mouse, a tag annotation database DB2 to be described later, a pen input annotation database DB3, various programs, a secondary storage unit 25 for storing various parameter information, and the like. And a transmission / reception unit 26 that exchanges various types of information with the apparatus, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S2. That is, the annotation management server 20 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  On the other hand, the server system 92 according to the present embodiment has a message sharing server 30 that functions as an electronic bulletin board (Bulletin Board System). The message sharing server 30 is a server that mainly stores and retrieves messages exchanged on the electronic bulletin board.

  As shown in the figure, the message sharing server 30 is also configured to include a control unit 31 that controls the operation of the entire message sharing server 30, a main storage unit 32 for storing various information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 33, an operation unit 34 including a keyboard and a mouse, a message database DB4 described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 35 for storing various parameter information, and the like, and an external device. And a transmission / reception unit 36 for exchanging various types of information in the network, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S3. That is, the message sharing server 30 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  By the way, the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment is assumed to be reviewed by a plurality of predetermined reviewers (reviewers) starting from the annotations given to the electronic document. This is performed using an electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30.

  Then, the server system 92 according to the present embodiment manages the progress status of the work executed based on the review, and the worker who performs the work (hereinafter referred to as “work performer”). It has a progress management server 40 that performs management.

  As shown in the figure, the progress management server 40 is also configured to include a control unit 41 that controls the operation of the entire progress management server 40, a main storage unit 42 for storing various information, and a display such as a liquid crystal display. A display unit 43, an operation unit 44 including a keyboard and a mouse, a worker database DB5 and a progress management database DB6, which will be described later, various programs, a secondary storage unit 45 for storing various parameter information, etc. And a transmission / reception unit 46 for exchanging various types of information with an external device, and these units are electrically connected via a system bus S4. That is, the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment is also configured by a normal PC.

  The client system 94 includes a plurality of client devices 60 provided for each user of the document processing system 90, each having a pen-type annotation device 67 used for pen input (handwriting input). It is configured.

  As shown in the figure, the client device 60 includes a control unit 61 that controls the operation of the entire client device 60, a main storage unit 62 for storing various types of information, a display unit 63 configured to include a display, An operation unit 64 configured to include a keyboard and a mouse, a secondary storage unit 65 for storing various types of information, and a transmission / reception unit 66 for controlling transmission / reception of various types of information to / from an external device. These units are electrically connected via a system bus S6.

  The client device 60 is configured to display an image on the display unit 63 based on data read from the main storage unit 62 or the secondary storage unit 65 or data acquired from the server system 92 or the like via the transmission / reception unit 66. ing.

  The client device 60 according to the present embodiment is configured as a so-called tablet PC that employs a display unit 63 provided with a touch panel display that is configured by overlapping a touch panel (not shown) on the display surface. Thus, the annotation device 67 can directly instruct (handwritten input) on the display surface of the display unit 63.

  As described above, when the client device 60 reads a paper document, the client device 60 writes the document using the annotation device 67 in the same way as adding a mark such as an underline or a circle to the document and writing a comment. Input is possible.

  In addition to the handwriting input function using the annotation device 67 as described above, the client device 60 can display a predetermined shape (in this embodiment) at an arbitrary position of the document in a state where the display unit 63 displays the document. , A rectangular sticky note attached function is provided. Here, an arbitrary comment can be directly described in the tag, or link information indicating a link destination such as a comment or a related article can be associated with the tag. When link information is associated with a tag, the link destination information indicated by the link information is displayed on the tag. In this case, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the tag attached to the document by the tag attachment function is used as an annotation.

  As described above, when the client device 60 reads a paper document, the client device 60 attaches a sticky note to an arbitrary position such as a noteworthy place or a place requiring supplementary explanation, as in the case of sticking a sticky note to the document. State.

  In the document processing system 90, the document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, the progress management server 40, and a plurality of client devices 60 as described above are connected to each other via a transmission / reception unit provided in each network 96. It is configured to be electrically connected by. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the Internet is applied as the network 96. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various networks such as an intranet, a LAN, a VAN, a telephone line network, an echo net, and a HomePNA are used alone. Or they can be applied in combination.

  The document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, and the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment function as an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) server, and each client device 60 functions as an HTTP client. Thus, the document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, the progress management server 40, and each client device 60 can access each other via the network 96.

  Information related to annotations handwritten by the client device 60 using the annotation device 67 (hereinafter also referred to as “handwritten input annotations”) and annotations attached as sticky notes (hereinafter also referred to as “sticky note annotations”). Is temporarily stored in the main storage unit 62, then transmitted to the annotation management server 20 via the network 96 at a predetermined timing, and stored in association with the document body. When the client device 60 reads and displays the document later, the annotation can be displayed together with the document based on the information related to the annotation previously given to the document.

[Configuration of Display Screen of Client Device 60]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display screen related to annotation attachment by the display unit 63 of the client device 60 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, in the display screen, a button display area 63B that is an area for displaying a plurality of buttons each having a predetermined role on the display area 63A in the display unit 63 of the client device 60; A document display area 63C, which is an area for displaying the document 84 to be attached with the annotation, is provided.

  In the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, a document reading button 70 specified when reading a document managed (stored) in the document management server 10 and a tag annotation are attached to the document as the plurality of buttons. The annotation button 72 specified at the time, the save button 74 specified when saving the tag annotation 86 and the handwritten input annotation 88 displayed in the document display area 63C, and managed (stored) in the annotation management server 20. A search button 76 that is specified when an annotation that has been searched for and displayed in the document display area 63C is displayed in the button display area 63B.

  In addition, as the plurality of buttons, a registration button 78 specified together with the annotation when registering an annotation that instructs execution of some work on the electronic document as a management target of the progress status, and a progress management screen described later are displayed. A progress button 80 specified when the page 63 is displayed and a page turning button 82 composed of a previous page forward button 82A and a next page forward button 82B for turning the displayed document page back and forth are displayed as buttons. It is displayed in area 63B.

  The client device 60 is equipped with a function (page turning display function) for switching the display in units of pages while turning a page so as to read a book. By using this page turning display function, for example, it is captured. It is configured so that desired information can be quickly searched from a large number of information.

  That is, when searching for information in the client device 60, the page turning operation is performed by pointing the two buttons of the previous page forward button 82A and the next page forward button 82B with the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. The desired page information can be displayed on the display unit 63 while performing the above.

  Further, the client device 60 can execute the function assigned to the button other than the page turning button 82 by specifying the pointing with the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. .

  As described above, in the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, buttons for executing various functions by being displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63 are provided as software. It goes without saying that hardware buttons may be provided on the display unit 63, the operation unit 64, or the like, or a predetermined key on the keyboard of the operation unit 64 may be used as each button.

  In the client device 60 according to the present embodiment, as described above, when link information is associated with a tag annotation, the link destination information indicated by the link information is displayed on the tag annotation. The review starting from the information is performed using an electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 by a plurality of predetermined reviewers.

  The messages exchanged by each reviewer using the electronic bulletin board are displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63 by pointing the corresponding tag annotations with the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, the mouse, or the like. can do.

  The review can be performed starting from a sticky note annotation in which a comment is directly described or a handwritten input annotation. However, in order to avoid complications, the electronic review provided by the message sharing server 30 will be described below. A description will be given assuming that the review is performed only on the tag annotation associated with the link information with the bulletin board as the link destination.

  On the other hand, a general-purpose application program for document editing (hereinafter referred to as “document editing AP”) is installed in the client device 60 according to the present embodiment. By executing the document editing AP, the editing operation is performed in a state where a document editing screen (not shown) in a state where an electronic document to be edited is displayed is displayed in the display area 63A of the display unit 63. Become.

  The client device 60 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to display a plurality of screens in the display area 63A, and when editing an electronic document is performed with reference to the annotation attached to the electronic document In this case, both the document editing screen by the document editing AP and the display screen related to annotation attachment shown in FIG. 2 are displayed in the display area 63A.

[Document Management Server 10 and Document Database DB1]
By the way, the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment accepts “registration” for registering an electronic document and “document reading” according to an instruction from the outside.

  The “registration” is, for example, “http: // datacenter. company. co. jp / access. cgi? As shown in DocumentID = 8gjk3cl3 ′, it is given from the outside by a path such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) or a directory to a document to be registered indicating an address indicating a storage location of the document in the document database DB1. .

  The document management server 10 sequentially assigns document IDs to the document (group) indicated by the given path, and registers the document name and document text in the document database DB1 for each document ID. In the document management server 10 according to the present embodiment, a unique ID number is assigned to each document stored in the document database DB1 as the document ID. Further, the document management server 10 registers with different document IDs as long as the document file name of the document instructed for registration is the same as long as it has been posted to the document database DB1 multiple times.

  On the other hand, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, a unit in which a plurality of users jointly use a registered document in order to achieve a common purpose using the document processing system 90 is a “task”. The task information indicating to which task a registered document belongs can be registered in the document database DB1 for each document. The task information can be registered via the client device 60 or directly by the document management server 10 when the corresponding document is registered in the document database DB1 or at an arbitrary timing after registration.

  At this time, the data structure in the document database DB1 is as shown in FIG. 3 as an example. Here, the document name or the document text may be a path to a document such as a URL.

  In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the reviewer is assumed to be a user belonging to a task to which a document attached with a tag annotation that is a starting point of review belongs.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the document reading button 70 is specified in any client device 60, the client device 60 notifies the document management server 10 of information indicating that. In response to this, the document management server 10 creates a list of document names in the document database DB1 and transmits it to the client device 60 that is the access source.

  In response to this, the client device 60 displays a list of document names in a list box or the like, and prompts the user to select. In response to this, when the user designates a desired document name with the annotation device 67 or the keyboard or mouse of the operation unit 64, the client device 60 transmits the designated document name to the document management server 10. .

  In response to this, the document management server 10 reads the document text and document ID corresponding to the document name received from the client device 60 from the document database DB1 and transmits the document text to the client device 60. As a result, the text of the document corresponding to the designated document name is displayed in the document display area 63C of the display unit 63 of the client device 60.

[Annotation management server 20, annotation database for sticky note DB2, annotation database for pen input DB3]
On the other hand, the annotation management server 20 according to the present embodiment accepts “save” and “search” according to instructions from the outside.

  That is, when it is detected that an annotation is given to the document in a state where the document is displayed on the display unit 63 in any one of the client devices 60 and the save button 74 is specified, the client device 60 does so. Is sent to the annotation management server 20. As a result, the annotation management server 20 associates the information related to the annotation instructed to be stored with the document with the annotation, and when the annotation is a tag annotation, the annotation is stored in the tag annotation database DB2. If it is a handwritten input annotation, it is registered (stored) in the pen input annotation database DB3.

  That is, for example, when the annotation management server 20 receives a “save” instruction from any of the client devices 60 and the annotation to be saved is a tag annotation, an annotation registration process is performed as shown below. Is done.

  First, the annotation management server 20 includes position information indicating a position to which an annotation to be saved is attached, a link destination when the annotation is linked, a document ID of the document with the annotation, and the saving. The client device 60 is given the terminal ID of the client device 60 that issued the instruction. At this time, the user name (or user ID) of the user who has given the annotation to be stored and the time (generation time) at which the annotation was given are also given from the client device 60.

  Then, the annotation management server 20 stores the annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID (or user name), document ID, position information, link destination, and generation time in the tag annotation database DB2 in a table format.

  At this time, the data structure in the tag annotation database DB2 is as shown in FIG. 4 as an example.

  In the figure, the annotation ID is used to manage individual annotations, and a unique ID number is assigned to each annotation for one tag. Here, the annotation ID includes a method issued on the client system 94 side and a method issued on the annotation management server 20 side. It should be noted that at least two sets of annotation ID and document ID need to be unique. If the given annotation ID or the above-mentioned two-tuple is not new, the line indicated by that annotation ID or the above-mentioned two-tuple is overwritten.

  The terminal ID is an ID number that uniquely identifies the client device 60. Here, the terminal ID may directly indicate the hardware of the client device 60 used by the user, or may correspond to an IP (Internet Protocol) address or a host name. The user ID (or user name) is information for uniquely identifying the user who is operating the client device 60, and corresponds to, for example, a login user name. Further, the document ID is a document ID registered in the document database DB1 of a document with a corresponding annotation.

  On the other hand, the position information is information indicating an attachment position (attachment position) of an annotation for one sticky note. In the present embodiment, the page number in the document indicated by the corresponding document ID and the position coordinates on the page indicated by the page number (here, the coordinates of the two points of the upper left corner point and the lower right corner point of the annotation) Indicated by a combination of In the present embodiment, the document display area 63C is set in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the size based on the horizontal size and the vertical size of the document displayed in the document display area 63C (here, in the horizontal direction). A rectangular area of 1/50 (1/50) of the horizontal size of the display document and 1/60 (1/60 of the vertical size of the display document) in the vertical direction is divided into a matrix. A consecutive number is assigned in advance in the horizontal direction from the upper left to each divided region, and the number is applied as the position coordinate.

  The link destination indicates link information associated with the annotation. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, as an example, the link information is represented as 'http: // MessageServer / threadViewer?' It is assumed that a path such as a URL or a path to a directory such as MessageId = 1517 'is given.

  The user can set a link destination for each annotation to be given. This link destination can be set every time an annotation is given or every time an annotation storage instruction is issued.

  In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, a tag annotation with a link is displayed in a state where the information of the link destination is displayed inside. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 'Is displayed on the tag annotation 86 as link destination information.

  The generation time is a time when an annotation for one sticky note is attached (drawn in the display area 63A) in the client device 60, and includes a date and a time. This is managed for each annotation for one tag in a centralized manner by the server separately from the time when the save button 74 is designated and saved on the client device 60.

  On the other hand, the progress management ID is for managing the progress status of the work executed based on the review performed with the link destination information as the starting point for the tag annotation linked to the electronic bulletin board. A unique ID is assigned to each sticky note annotation for one sticky note that is linked to a message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 and specified as a management target of the progress status by the user. . Here, the progress management ID includes a method issued on the client system 94 side and a method issued on the annotation management server 20 side. In the annotation management server 20 according to the present embodiment, the progress management ID is registered in the tag annotation database DB2 at the timing when the registration button 78 is pointed with the tag annotation to be registered. .

  The above is a description of the case where the annotation to be saved is a tag annotation, but when the annotation to be saved is a handwritten input annotation, the annotation management server 20 uses the annotation as shown below. Registration processing is performed.

  First, the annotation management server 20 includes the annotation content of the annotation to be saved, the position information and color and shape of the annotation, the document ID of the document with the annotation, and the terminal ID of the client device 60 that issued the saving instruction. Is provided from the client device 60. At this time, the user name (or user ID) of the user who has given the annotation to be saved and the time when the annotation was given are also given from the client device 60.

  Then, the annotation management server 20 includes an annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID (or user name), document ID, position information, annotation content, color shape, line type, and generation time in a pen input annotation database. Save to DB3. At this time, the data structure in the pen input annotation database DB3 is as shown in FIG. 5 as an example.

  In the figure, the annotation ID, terminal ID, user ID, document ID, position information, and generation time are the same as those in the above-mentioned tag annotation database DB2. However, regarding the annotation ID, what is registered in the annotation database for sticky note DB2 is assigned for each sticky note, whereas it is assigned for each stroke in the annotation database DB3 for pen input. Different.

  On the other hand, the annotation content in the figure is the trajectory information of one-stroke annotation, and is data used to reproduce the drawn annotation, for example, data such as bitmap or vector data. The color shape is the color of the ink used for the annotation and shape information such as a circle or a square. Further, the line type indicates a line type such as the thickness of the annotation, a solid line, or a dotted line.

  On the other hand, when the client device 60 detects that the search button 76 is specified in a state where the document is displayed in the document display area 63C of the display unit 63, the client device 60 notifies the annotation management server 20 of information indicating that. In response to this, the annotation management server 20 reads information related to the annotation for which the search has been instructed from the tag annotation database DB2 and the pen input annotation database DB3.

  That is, the annotation management server 20 receives a “search” instruction from the client device 60. At this time, the annotation management server 20 receives information regarding the document ID and the annotation assignment range from the client device 60. Then, the annotation management server 20 searches the tag annotation database DB2 and the pen input annotation database DB3 based on these information (search conditions), reads information on the annotation that can be displayed, and accesses the client device 60 that is the access source. Send to.

  In response to this, the client device 60 displays the annotation indicated by the information received from the annotation management server 20 so as to overlap the document being browsed. FIG. 2 shows an example of a state in which the tag annotation 86 and the handwritten input annotation 88 are displayed superimposed on the document 84 by the above processing.

[Message sharing server 30 and message database DB4]
On the other hand, the message sharing server 30 according to the present embodiment functions as an electronic bulletin board by a user of the document processing system 90.

  That is, when a message is written from one of the client devices 60 to be handled by the document processing system 90 to the electronic bulletin board, the message sharing server 30 registers information related to the message in the message database DB4.

  In an electronic bulletin board, the first message is usually written together with the title by one of the users, a message about the message is written from another user who refers to the message, and the message about the message is also sent to other users or The message is first written by the user who wrote the message first. At this time, a message other than the first message is provided with a title corresponding to the title provided in the first message, so that the reply message is referred to as a parent by referring to the title or when creating a reply. By embedding the ID of the received message, the parent-child relationship of each message can be grasped.

  The message sharing server 30 sequentially registers the messages written from the users on the electronic bulletin board in this way in the message database DB4 together with the titles corresponding to the messages. At this time, the data structure in the message database DB4 is as shown in FIG. 6 as an example.

  In the figure, a message ID manages each message, and a unique ID number is assigned to each message. Here, there are a method of issuing the message ID on the client system 94 side and a method of issuing on the message sharing server 30 side.

  The update time is information indicating the time when the message is written on the electronic bulletin board, and consists of a date and a time. In this embodiment, the update time is registered using date and time information measured by a timer (not shown) provided in the control unit 31 of the message sharing server 30. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information indicating the message writing time is given from the client device 60 which is the message writing source, and this can be registered.

  Further, the immediately preceding message ID is information indicating the message ID assigned to the message corresponding to the parent of the corresponding message, and the immediately following message ID is information indicating the message ID assigned to the message corresponding to the child of the corresponding message. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the corresponding message is the first message, the immediately preceding message ID when there is no parent message, and the corresponding message is the last message for a common title. Information that cannot be taken as the message ID ('0' in the present embodiment) is registered as the message ID immediately after no child message.

  In the example shown in the figure, the messages with message IDs “1517”, “1518”, and “1519” are the first message because the immediately preceding message ID is “0”. The message with the message ID '1519' is the first message and has no child message because both the immediately preceding message ID and the immediately following message ID are '0'. It turns out that it is. Further, since the message ID is set to “1520”, the message ID is set to “1517” because the message ID is set to “1517” and the message ID immediately after is set to “0”. It can be seen that the message is a child's child message and has no child message.

  On the other hand, the title is information indicating the title provided in the corresponding message, and the message is information indicating the message text.

  On the other hand, when display of the electronic bulletin board is instructed from any client device 60, the message sharing server 30 reads information on each message from the message database DB4 and displays a list of the titles of each message so that the parent-child relationship can be identified. Information that can be transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source. In response to this, the client device 60 displays a list of the titles of each message using the received information, so that the user of the client device 60 can select a desired title from the annotation device 67, the keyboard of the operation unit 64, By designating pointing with a mouse or the like, a message corresponding to the title can be displayed, or a message can be written to the displayed message.

[Progress management server 40, worker database DB5, progress management database DB6]
On the other hand, the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment manages work performers and reviews (here, the link destination of the tag annotation linked to the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30). Management of the progress of work performed based on information-based review).

  That is, when an instruction to register a work performer is given from any client device 60, the progress management server 40 registers the work performer in the worker database DB5. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the work performer also serves as the reviewer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a user of the document processing system 90 other than the reviewer can be the work performer. .

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the data structure of the worker database DB5 according to the present embodiment.

  In the figure, task information is information for specifying a task to which a work performer to be registered belongs. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the task information is the same as the task information in the document database DB1 described above. Have applied. Further, the worker ID manages individual work performers, and a unique ID is assigned to each work performer. Here, the worker ID may be issued on the client system 94 side or on the progress management server 40 side. That is, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, work performers are managed in units of tasks.

  Also, the field in charge in the figure indicates the field of expertise of the corresponding work performer, and the field of specialization (for example, “computer field”, “natural science field”, “ Preliminary numerical information is registered for each “political field”, “history field”, and the like.

  Note that, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, when a work performer is registered by the client device 60, the work performer to be registered and the work performer to the user of the client device 60. Each information of the task to which the task belongs and the field of responsibility of the work performer is input, and the input information is transmitted to the progress management server 40, and the progress management server 40 receives the information from the client device 60. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information is directly input by the progress management server 40 and registered. You can also.

  On the other hand, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, a link is made to a message on the electronic bulletin board provided by the message sharing server 30 and a message designated as a progress management target by the user. For the tag annotation, information for managing the progress of work performed based on the review starting from the information of the link destination is registered in the progress management database DB6. Here, a case will be described in which the above work is a correction work on the document content in a partial area corresponding to the position where the tag annotation of the electronic document is attached.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the data structure of the progress management database DB6 according to the present embodiment.

  In the figure, the progress management ID is information for specifying the work to be managed, and in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same as the progress management ID of the tag annotation database DB2 described above. When the progress management ID is registered in the tag annotation database DB2, it is also registered in the progress management database DB6.

  The progress is information indicating the degree of progress of the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, information indicating the state before the start of the work as a default ( Here, “0”) is registered, and information indicating the degree of progress of the work by the work performer after the work is started (here, an approximate degree when the degree of work completion is set to 100%). It is assumed that it is updated by inputting via the client device 60. Note that the setting of the progress is not limited to such a self-reporting type, but the progress management server 40 such as a form that calculates the ratio of the number of completed work items to the total number of work items when there are a plurality of work items. Can be automatically calculated and updated appropriately.

  Further, the status is information indicating the progress status of the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID in a plurality of predetermined stages. In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, before the start of the correction work. "Before start" indicating the stage of the above, "Necessary correction" indicating the stage where the execution of the above correction work is instructed, "In progress" indicating the stage where the above correction work is being performed, and the execution result of the above correction work "Waiting for approval" indicating that it is in the stage of waiting for approval, "Reject" indicating the stage where the execution result of the above correction work has been rejected, and the result of the correction work being approved in the electronic document 6 stages of “corrected” indicating the stage in which is reflected are applied. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, as an approver who has the authority to approve the result of the work performed, a predetermined one of the work performers belonging to the task to which the document to be executed is assigned. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other users predetermined as work approvers can also be applied.

  On the other hand, the work performer is information for identifying the work performer who performs the work specified by the corresponding progress management ID, and the period is information indicating the scheduled execution period of the work, and the state change time Is information indicating the date and time when the status is changed, and the correction range is information indicating a range to be corrected on the electronic document by the above operation.

  In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, information indicating “before start” is registered as the default of the status. Furthermore, in the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same information as the worker ID in the worker database DB5 is applied as the worker. In the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the work performer, the period, and the correction range are registered by a predetermined reviewer (for example, a task leader). In the progress management server 40 according to the present embodiment, the same information as the position information of the tag annotation database DB2 is applied as the correction range.

[Progress status update function]
By the way, as described above, the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 9 as an example, performs electronic processing by the message sharing server 30 on a tag annotation attached to an electronic document. Link information for linking to a message (comment) written on the bulletin board can be associated.

  Then, the document processing system 90 is linked to a message that instructs execution of work on the electronic document (here, correction work on the electronic document) and that is designated as a progress management target by the user. For the tag annotation (hereinafter referred to as “work instruction annotation”), the status of the progress management database DB 6 is detected when it is detected that a predetermined operation related to the progress of the correction work instructed by the message is performed. It has a progress status update function that automatically updates the status according to the status.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the document processing system 90 for realizing the progress state update function.

  As shown in the figure, in order to realize the progress state update function, the progress management server 40 includes a detection unit 41A and an update unit 41B.

  The detection unit 41A according to the present embodiment performs, as a predetermined operation related to the progress of the correction work, an operation for instructing the execution of the correction work, an operation of reading an electronic document that is a target of the correction work, and correction of the electronic document The operation for registering, the operation for rejecting the execution result of the correction work for the electronic document, and the operation for approving the execution result of the correction work for the electronic document are detected.

  On the other hand, the update unit 41B according to the present embodiment changes the status of the progress management database DB6 stored in the secondary storage unit 45 when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection unit 41A according to the operation. The status shown is to be updated. Specifically, when the operation for instructing the execution of the correction work is detected by the detection unit 41A, the status is updated to “requires correction”, and the detection unit 41A reads the electronic document to be corrected. The status is updated to “In progress” when the detection is detected, and the status is updated to “Waiting for approval” when an operation for correcting and registering the electronic document is detected by the detection unit 41A. When the operation of rejecting the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document is detected by 41A, the status is updated to “rejected”, and the operation of approving the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document is detected by the detection unit 41A When the status is changed, the status is updated to “corrected”.

  By the way, in the document processing system 90 according to the present embodiment, the progress state update function is realized mainly by two pieces of software, that is, an execution item registration processing program and a progress state update processing program.

  First, the operation of the progress management server 40 when executing the implementation item registration processing program will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows the control unit of the progress management server 40 when the registration button 78 (see also FIG. 2) is designated by the user of the client device 60 (here, the task leader). 41 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of an implementation item registration processing program executed by 41, and the program is stored in advance in a predetermined area of the secondary storage unit 45.

  First, in step 100 of the figure, information indicating a predetermined person-in-charge selection screen is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, and in the next step 102, reception of predetermined information from the client device 60 is awaited. Do.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a person-in-charge selection screen D1 displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 in accordance with the processing in step 100. As shown in the figure, this person-in-charge selection screen D1 is displayed in correspondence with the tag annotation designated together with the designation of the registration button 78 by the user. The information shown (operator ID in the figure) is displayed, and three buttons of “Cancel button”, “Done button”, and “Next button” are displayed. In the implementation item registration processing program according to the present embodiment, a work performer belonging to the task to which the electronic document displayed on the display unit 63 belongs is applied as the selectable work performer.

  When the person-in-charge selection screen D1 as shown in the figure is displayed on the display unit 63, when the user forcibly terminates the implementation item registration processing program, the user designates and designates the “cancel button”. In the case of registering a work performer who executes the correction work designated by the tag annotation 86, the user designates the “complete button” after pointing the display area of the work performer, and designates the work performer and the correction work. In the case of registering the period, the “next button” is designated by pointing after designating the display area of the work performer. As a result of transmitting information indicating the result of designation by the user to the progress management server 40 in response to such an operation, step 102 is affirmative and the process proceeds to step 104.

  In step 104, it is determined whether or not the button designated by the user is a “cancel button” based on the information received in step 102. If the determination is affirmative, the present item registration processing program is terminated. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 106.

  In step 106, it is determined based on the information received in step 102 whether or not the button designated by the user is a “complete button”. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 124, while a negative determination is made. If it becomes, the button designated by the user is regarded as the “next button”, and the process proceeds to step 108.

  In step 108, information indicating a predetermined period setting screen is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, and in the next step 110, reception of predetermined information from the client device 60 is awaited.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of the period setting screen D2 displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 in accordance with the processing of step 108. As shown in the figure, this period setting screen D2 is displayed in correspondence with the sticky note annotation specified together with the designation of the registration button 78 by the user, and the correction indicated by the sticky note annotation. A rectangular frame (in the figure, two rectangular frames for entering the start date and end date) is displayed, and a “Cancel button”, “Done button”, and “Next” are displayed. Three buttons "button" are displayed.

  When the period setting screen D2 as shown in the figure is displayed on the display unit 63, when the user forcibly terminates the execution item registration processing program, the user designates the “cancel button” for pointing and designates the designated sticky note. When registering the scheduled execution period of the correction work designated by the annotation 86, the information indicating the scheduled execution period is input to the corresponding rectangular frame via the operation unit 64, and then pointing to the “complete button” is specified. When registering the scheduled execution period and the correction range on the electronic document by the correction operation, the information indicating the scheduled execution period is input via the operation unit 64 in the corresponding rectangular frame, and then the “next button” is pointed. specify. As a result of transmitting information indicating the designation result by the user to the progress management server 40 in response to such an operation, step 110 becomes affirmative and the process proceeds to step 112.

  In step 112, it is determined whether or not the button designated on the period setting screen D2 by the user is a “cancel button” based on the information received in step 110. On the other hand, if the registration processing program is terminated and a negative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 114.

  In step 114, it is determined whether or not the button designated on the period setting screen D2 by the user is a “completion button” based on the information received in step 110. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 122. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made, it is assumed that the button designated by the user is a “next button”, and the process proceeds to step 116.

  In step 116, information indicating a predetermined correction range designation screen is transmitted to the access source client device 60, and in the next step 118, reception of predetermined information from the client device 60 is awaited.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of the correction range designation screen D3 displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 in accordance with the processing in step 116. As shown in the figure, the correction range designation screen D3 is displayed in correspondence with the sticky note annotation designated together with the designation of the registration button 78 by the user, and is designated by the sticky note annotation. A message instructing specification of the correction range of the correction work is displayed, and a “complete button” is displayed.

  When the correction range designation screen D3 as shown in the figure is displayed on the display unit 63, the user designates the range to be corrected in the correction work designated by the designated sticky note annotation 86 and then designates “ Point to the “Done button”. As a result of transmitting information indicating the result of designation by the user to the progress management server 40 in response to such an operation, step 118 is affirmative and the process proceeds to step 120. In the figure, the case where “by ...” is designated by the user as the range to be corrected is shown.

  In step 120, information indicating the correction range designated by the user is stored in the correction range column of the corresponding work in the progress management database DB6, and then the process proceeds to step 122.

  In step 122, information indicating the scheduled execution period input by the user on the period setting screen D2 is stored in the corresponding work period column of the progress management database DB6, and then the process proceeds to step 124.

  In step 124, information (worker ID) indicating the work performer designated by the user on the person-in-charge selection screen D1 is stored in the work performer column of the corresponding work in the progress management database DB6, and then this implementation item The registration processing program is terminated.

  By executing the execution item registration processing program as described above, each information of the work performer, the period, and the correction range in the progress management database DB6 is sequentially registered.

  Next, before explaining the operation of the progress management server 40 when executing the progress state update processing program, the flow of work performed by the user of the client device 60 regarding the correction work instructed by the tag annotation will be described.

  When browsing the progress management screen, the user designates the progress button 80 (see also FIG. 2) displayed on the display unit 63 for pointing. In response to this, the client device 60 sends a progress tag to the progress management server 40 based on the message of the tag annotation attached to the displayed document and linked to the progress management target message. Instruction information for instructing display of a progress management screen indicating the progress status of the work to be performed (document correction work) is transmitted.

  In response to this, the progress management server 40 reads out information related to the progress status from each database, creates image data that can display a progress management screen having a predetermined layout configuration, and creates an access source It transmits to the client device 60. The client device 60 displays a progress management screen on the display unit 63 using the received image data.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of the progress management screen displayed on the display unit 63 at this time. As shown in the figure, in this progress management screen, execution items (here, messages displayed on sticky note annotations) are displayed, and for each execution item, charge, start date, end date, state ( (Corresponding to “worker”, “period” start date, “period” end date, “status”) in the progress management database DB6). Further, on this progress management screen, a “document download button” designated when downloading the corresponding document text is displayed for each execution item.

  By referring to such a progress management screen, each user can easily grasp the progress status of work performed based on the review starting from the comment displayed on each tag annotation.

  Here, when the user is a reviewer, as shown in FIG. 16 as an example, the message sharing server 30 provides a review of the execution item by pointing the display area of the execution item on the progress management screen. This can be done using an electronic bulletin board. In the example shown in the figure, a state is shown in which the action item “Please touch when using other applications together” is designated as pointing.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of a message browsing screen displayed on the display unit 63 in accordance with the designation of the implementation item by the user. As shown in the figure, in this message browsing screen, information indicating the message reply relationship is displayed in the upper row, and the content of the selected message is displayed in the lower row. Here, by designating the message title in the upper part of the message browsing screen, the message content corresponding to the title can be displayed in the lower part.

  In addition, when the user writes a reply message to the message displayed in the lower part of the message browsing screen, and when requesting the work performer to perform a correction work indicated by the starting message of the message, the screen Point to the “Reply button” displayed in the bottom row. Accordingly, the display unit 63 displays the reply screen shown in FIG. 18 as an example. When writing a reply, the user inputs the text of the reply message on the reply screen and further modifies it. When requesting work to the work performer, the display area “Request Document Correction” displayed at the upper end of the reply screen or the rectangular frame provided corresponding to the display area Specify pointing. In response to this operation, when the body of the reply message is input, the message sharing server 30 registers the body in the message database DB 4 and corresponds to the display area “Request document correction” or the display area. When the pointing inside the rectangular frame provided is designated, the work executor uses an e-mail to instruct the corresponding work executor to execute the correction work instructed by the starting message of the message. It transmits to the client device 60.

  When the user designates pointing in the display area of “Request document correction” on the reply screen or in the rectangular frame provided corresponding to the display area, a progress state update processing program to be described later As a result, the status information displayed on the progress management screen changes to “requires correction” as shown in FIG. 19 as an example.

  It should be noted that the request to the person executing the correction work as described above is that the correction work has already been performed, the execution result of the correction work has been approved, and the result of the correction work has been reflected in the electronic document. This can also be performed for the action item updated to “corrected”.

  On the other hand, when the user is a work performer of the correction work specified in the execution item displayed on the progress management screen, the status information corresponding to the execution item is “requires correction”. In this case, as shown in FIG. 20, as an example, by pointing the document download button corresponding to the execution item, the text of the electronic document to be subjected to the correction work is downloaded, and the document editing AP described above is used. You can correct the text at. It should be noted that the correction content of the document body performed here is not reflected in the document body of the document database DB1 at this time, and information indicating the correction content is temporarily stored in a predetermined area in the secondary storage unit 15 of the document management server 10. Will only be saved.

  When the user downloads the text of the document, the progress status update processing program described later updates the status of the corresponding work to “in progress”. As a result, as shown in FIG. The status information displayed on the management screen changes to “in progress”.

  Then, when the correction work on the downloaded document body is completed, the work performer displays status information corresponding to the correction work on the progress management screen ("in progress") in order to instruct the registration of the corrected document body. Pointed to the display area. In response to this, a document registration screen D4 is displayed on the progress management screen as shown in FIG. 22 as an example, and the user designates the document name of the document to be registered on the document registration screen D4. When a reference button is designated on the document registration screen D4 shown in the figure, a list of document names of electronic documents existing in the folder in which the electronic document that is being corrected is registered is displayed. Therefore, the user can specify the document name of the electronic document corrected from the document name displayed in the list.

  When the user gives an instruction to register the corrected document text, the status of the corresponding work is updated to “waiting for approval” by executing a progress state update processing program described later. As an example, FIG. As shown, the status information displayed on the progress management screen changes to “waiting for approval”. At this time, the document download button on the progress management screen is replaced with two buttons, a corrected document download button and a corrected portion display button, as shown in FIG.

  A predetermined user (in this case, a task leader) designates pointing of a corrected document download button as shown in FIG. 24 as an example, and by a work performer as shown in FIG. 26A as an example. The corrected electronic document can be displayed on the display unit 63 in units of pages. On the other hand, by pointing the correction part display button as shown in FIG. 25 as an example, as shown in FIG. 26B as an example. Only a partial area including the area indicated by the corresponding correction range information in the progress management database DB 6 in the electronic document corrected by the work performer can be displayed on the display unit 63. By these operations, the predetermined user can easily confirm the correction contents of the document by the worker.

  Then, when the user (task leader) confirms the correction contents by the work performer and approves or rejects the execution result of the correction work, the status information corresponding to the correction work on the progress management screen ( Pointing is specified for the display area of “information waiting for approval”. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 27 as an example, an approval screen D5 is displayed on the progress management screen, so that the user rejects the approval button when approving on the approval screen D5, and rejects when rejecting. Each button is designated for pointing.

  Here, when the reject button is designated by the user, the progress management screen returns the corresponding corrected document download button and corrected portion display button to the document download button as shown in FIG. 28 as an example. Can download the text of the document to be corrected again by designating the document download button.

  Then, when the text of the document is downloaded again by the work executor, the status of the corresponding work is updated to “in progress” by the execution of a progress state update processing program described later. As an example, as shown in FIG. Thus, the status information displayed on the progress management screen returns to “in progress”.

  On the other hand, when an approval button is designated by the user on the approval screen D5 shown in FIG. 27 as an example, the status of the corresponding work is updated to “corrected” by executing a progress state update processing program described later. As a result, as shown in FIG. 30 as an example, the status information displayed on the progress management screen changes to “corrected”.

  Further, when the approval button is designated by the user, as shown schematically in FIG. 31 as an example, the control unit 41 of the progress management server 40 registers the correction content by the work performer in the document database DB1. Is reflected in the original document body. Note that the reflection of the correction content at this time is limited to the area indicated by the corresponding correction range information in the progress management database DB6.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 32, the operation of the progress management server 40 when executing the progress state update processing program will be described. FIG. 32 shows the progress management server when the progress button 80 (see also FIG. 2) is designated by the user of the client device 60 (here, the task leader or the work executor). It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the progress state update process program performed by 40 control parts 41, and the said program is also beforehand memorize | stored in the predetermined area | region of the secondary memory | storage part 45. FIG.

  First, in step 200 in the figure, information indicating the progress management screen is transmitted to the client device 60 that is the access source, and in the next step 202, reception of predetermined information from the client device 60 is awaited.

  The progress management screen is displayed on the display unit 63 of the client device 60 by the process of step 200, and as described above, the user of the client device 60 requests document correction, document download, Any of registration of the document after the correction work, rejection of the correction work, approval of the correction work, and other instructions are performed, and information indicating the contents of the instructions is transmitted to the progress management server 40. Becomes an affirmative determination and moves to step 204.

  In step 204, it is determined whether or not the instruction indicated by the information received in step 202 is a document correction request. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 206, and the corresponding status in the progress management database DB6 is determined. The information is updated to “requires correction”, and then the process proceeds to step 226.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 204, the process proceeds to step 208, where it is determined whether the instruction indicated by the information received in step 202 is a document download. , The corresponding status information in the progress management database DB6 is updated to “in progress”, and then the process proceeds to step 226.

  If the determination in step 208 is negative, the process proceeds to step 212, where it is determined whether or not the instruction indicated by the information received in step 202 is registration of a document. The process proceeds to 214, the corresponding status information in the progress management database DB 6 is updated to “waiting for approval”, and then the process proceeds to step 226.

  If the determination in step 212 is negative, the process proceeds to step 216, where it is determined whether the instruction indicated by the information received in step 202 is rejection of the correction work. The process proceeds to step 218, the corresponding status information in the progress management database DB6 is updated to “rejected”, and then the process proceeds to step 226.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 216, the process proceeds to step 220, where it is determined whether or not the instruction indicated by the information received in step 202 is approval of correction work. The process proceeds to step 222, the corresponding status information in the progress management database DB6 is updated to “corrected”, and then the process proceeds to step 226.

  If the determination in step 220 is negative, it is assumed that another instruction has been issued, and the process proceeds to step 224. After performing processing according to the instruction, the process proceeds to step 226.

  In step 226, a process for erasing the progress management screen displayed on the display unit 63 of the access source client device 60 in step 200 is executed, and then the progress state update processing program is terminated.

  As described above in detail, in this embodiment, management of the progress status of work executed based on work instruction comments attached to electronic documents (here, messages on electronic bulletin boards attached with sticky note annotations). When a predetermined operation related to the progress of the work is detected, status information indicating the progress status of the work (here, status information of the progress management database DB6) is information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation. Therefore, information indicating the progress status of the work executed based on the work instruction comment can be automatically registered.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the work instruction comment is instructed to correct the document information in a partial area corresponding to the position where the work instruction comment of the electronic document is attached, and the state information is Pre-start information indicating a state before the start of the correction work, correction information indicating a state in which an instruction to perform the correction work is performed, ongoing information indicating a state in which the correction work is being performed, the correction work Approval waiting information indicating that the execution result is waiting for approval, rejection information indicating that the execution result of the correction work has been rejected, and the correction result is approved in the electronic document. Since the six types of information of the corrected information indicating the state in which the result of the above is reflected, the six types of state information can be automatically registered.

  In this embodiment, an operation for instructing execution of the correction work, an operation for reading an electronic document with the work instruction comment attached, and an operation for correcting and registering the electronic document with the work instruction comment attached Since the operation of rejecting the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document and the operation of approving the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document are detected, and the state information is updated according to these detection results, The update can be easily performed.

  In the present embodiment, the correction result is reflected in the electronic document when an operation for approving the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document is detected. It can be prevented from being corrected.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, since the correction result is reflected only on a predetermined partial area including the position where the work instruction comment is attached, an unnecessary part of the original document is corrected. This can be prevented.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the invention, and embodiments to which such changes or improvements are added are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Further, the above embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims (claims), and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. Absent. The embodiments described above include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. Even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, as long as an effect is obtained, a configuration from which these some constituent requirements are deleted can be extracted as an invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where “before start” is registered as the default status in the progress management database DB6 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a work performer of a correction work It is detected that “designation” has been performed (in the above embodiment, when “execution item registration processing program detects that a work performer has been designated)”, “before start” is registered. You can also. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above-described embodiment, the status of the work executed based on each message is “Before start”, “Needs correction”, “Ongoing”, “Waiting for approval”, “Rejection”, “Fixed”. Although the case where it represents with a step was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, It can also be set as the form which adds a new step to these 6 steps, or deletes any of the said 6 steps. . In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the review is performed using the electronic bulletin board has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the review may be performed using the annotation. In this case, since it is not necessary to use the message sharing server 30, the document processing system 90 can be constructed at a low cost.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the review is performed using the information displayed on the tag annotation as a starting point has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information indicated by the handwritten input annotation A review may be performed as a starting point. In this case, information similar to the progress management ID provided in the tag annotation database DB2 is provided in the pen input annotation database DB3. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a link destination message (starting message on an electronic bulletin board) is displayed on a sticky note annotation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, On the other hand, the user can directly input a comment and display the comment. In this case, it is also possible to associate link information for linking a starting message of a message exchanged on the electronic bulletin board regarding the comment with the tag annotation. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the above embodiment, a case has been described in which the link information linked to the starting point message exchanged on the electronic bulletin board is associated with the tag annotation, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, the starting point Instead of the message, link information linked to another message exchanged with the origin message as the origin may be associated. In this case, the most important message, the latest message, and the like can be displayed on the tag annotation, and convenience can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where handwritten input is realized using the pen-type annotation device 67 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, input / instructions such as a keyboard and a mouse It can also be realized by using a device. In this case, since it is not necessary to use a tablet PC as the client device 60, the document processing system 90 can be constructed at a low cost.

  Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiment where the present invention is applied to a client / server system, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a mode applied to a P2P (Peer to Peer) system Alternatively, the present invention can be applied to a single information processing apparatus. Here, when the present invention is applied to the P2P system, the processing of each server in the server system 92 described in the above embodiment can be executed in each client device. In addition, when the present invention is applied to a single information processing apparatus, the processing of each server described in the above embodiment can be executed in the information processing apparatus. There is no need for processing and configuration for sending and receiving. In these cases, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the document management server 10, the annotation management server 20, the message sharing server 30, and the progress management server 40 are configured as separate bodies has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the function of each server may be realized by a single (stand-alone) information processing apparatus such as a PC or a workstation. In this case as well, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the progress state update function is realized by software has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the function may be realized by hardware. it can. As an example of the form in this case, the form which provides the progress management server 40 with the functional device which acts similarly to the detection part 41A and the update part 41B shown in FIG. 10 as an example can be illustrated. In this case, the progress state update function can be expected to increase in speed compared to the above embodiment.

  The data structure of each database shown in the above embodiment (see FIGS. 3 to 8) is also an example, and items to be stored may be added or unnecessary items may be deleted as necessary. Of course, it goes without saying that the contents stored in each item can be changed as appropriate.

  The configuration of various screens shown in the above embodiment (see FIGS. 2 and 12 to 30) is also an example, and items to be displayed are added or unnecessary items are deleted as necessary. Needless to say, the display content of each item can be appropriately changed.

  Further, the flow of processing of the various processing programs shown in the above embodiment (see FIGS. 11 and 32) is also an example, and it goes without saying that it can be changed as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  Further, how to distribute each functional element to the server system 92 and the client system 94 in constructing the system is not limited to that described in the above embodiment, and convenient distribution in constructing the system is possible. Needless to say, you can do it.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a document processing system according to an embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structural example of the display screen regarding attachment of the annotation by the display part of the client apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the document database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the annotation database for sticky notes which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the annotation database for pen input which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the message database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the worker database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the progress management database which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state which linked | related the link information for linking with the message (comment) written in the electronic bulletin board by the message sharing server with the tag annotation which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the document processing system for implement | achieving the progress state update function which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the implementation item registration process program which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the person in charge selection screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the period setting screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the correction range designation | designated screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the message browsing screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the reply screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the document registration screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of a document when the correction document download button or correction part display button displayed on the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment is designated. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display state of the approval screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of a display state of the progress management screen which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state at the time of the content of correction by a work performer being reflected in the original document text registered in the document database. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the progress state update process program which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Document management server 20 Annotation management server 30 Message sharing server 40 Progress management server 41 Control part (detection means, update means, correction reflection means)
41A detector (detector)
41B update unit (update means)
45 Secondary storage (storage means)
60 Client Device 63 Display Unit 90 Document Processing System 92 Server System 94 Client System 96 Network

Claims (7)

A progress management support device that supports management of a progress state of work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document,
Storage means for storing status information indicating the progress status of the work;
Detecting means for detecting a predetermined operation relating to the progress of the work;
Updating means for updating the state information to information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection means;
A progress management support device. The work instruction comment is instructed to correct the document information in a partial area corresponding to the position where the work instruction comment of the electronic document is attached,
The state information includes pre-start information indicating a state before the start of the correction work, correction information indicating a state in which an instruction to perform the correction work is performed, and a state indicating that the correction work is being performed. Information, approval waiting information indicating that the correction work execution result is awaiting approval, rejection information indicating that the correction work execution result is rejected, and the correction work execution result are approved and the The progress management support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one piece of corrected information indicating a state in which the result of the correction work is reflected in the electronic document. The status information is the pre-start information, the correction required information, the ongoing information, the approval waiting information, the rejection information, and the corrected information,
The detection means includes: a first operation for designating a person who performs the correction work; a second operation for instructing execution of the correction work; a third operation for reading an electronic document to which the work instruction comment is attached; A fourth operation for correcting and registering an electronic document to which a work instruction comment is attached, a fifth operation for rejecting the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document, and a sixth operation for approving the execution result of the correction work on the electronic document Detect operations,
The update means updates the state information to the pre-start information when the first operation is detected by the detection means, and changes the state information to the correction required information when the second operation is detected. Updating the state information to the on-going information when the third operation is detected, updating the state information to the approval waiting information when the fourth operation is detected, and The progress management support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the status information is updated to the rejection information when an operation is detected, and the status information is updated to the corrected information when the sixth operation is detected. The progress management support apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a correction reflection unit that reflects a correction result on the electronic document when the sixth operation is detected by the detection unit. The progress management support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the correction reflection unit reflects the correction result only for a predetermined partial region including a position to which the work instruction comment is attached. A progress management support method for supporting management of a progress state of work executed based on a work instruction comment attached to an electronic document,
Updating a state information indicating a progress state of the work to information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation when a predetermined operation relating to the progress of the work is detected;
Progress management support method. A progress management support program for supporting the management of the progress status of work executed based on work instruction comments attached to an electronic document,
A detection step of detecting a predetermined operation relating to the progress of the work;
An update step of updating state information indicating a progress state of the work to information indicating a state corresponding to the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection step;
A progress management support program that causes a computer to execute.

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