JP2010191735A - Form management method and management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of detailed access control, by form, management device, group, and electronic pen, in an information processing system using a digital pen. <P>SOLUTION: The form management device/method receives an access request including electronic pen identification information, and a page address allocated for each form, from the electronic pen, via a network, acquires form identification information corresponding to the page address by referring to the first table storing the page address and the form identification information in association with each other, acquires group identification information corresponding to the electronic pen identification information by referring to the second table storing the electronic pen identification information and the identification information of the group to which the electronic pen belongs in association with each other, and determines whether to permit access in response to the access request, based on the electronic pen identification information, the form identification information, the group identification information, and the third table showing whether to permit or reject the access in response to the access request from the electronic pen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system using an electronic pen, and more particularly to a form management method for managing information entered in a form on which a dot pattern is printed using an electronic pen, and a management apparatus for implementing the form management method.

  In recent years, the digitization of business has progressed in various fields such as government offices, local governments, and private companies, and there have been many cases of handling electronic data. On the other hand, there is a high need for a conventional writing method using “paper and pen”. Therefore, there is a technology for acquiring information handwritten on electronic pen-compatible paper (electronic paper) printed with a dot pattern using the electronic pen as position information consisting of the locus of the pen tip and processing it as electronic data. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In addition, the pen ID and the position information are received from the electronic pen, and based on the received position information, the correspondence information between the position information and the document ID stored in advance in the storage device is referred to.
The document ID corresponding to the position information is specified, and the correspondence information of the entry authority corresponding to the document ID and the pen ID stored in advance in the storage device is referred to based on the specified document ID and the pen ID. A document entry system is known that determines whether or not entry with the electronic pen with the pen ID is possible for the document with the document ID (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

International Publication No. 01/71473 JP 2003-345945 A

  When an information processing system using an electronic pen is applied to a company consisting of multiple organizations such as the head office and branch offices, there are groups such as departments for each organization, and management is performed for each group from the viewpoint of security and internal control in recent years. It is desirable to strictly restrict access to the work associated with the documents being made. For example, assume that a company has implemented the following business policy with an electronic pen. (1) Business A is a business used by the sales department and is managed by the management apparatus A. (2) Business A is used by the sales staff (Group A, Group B1) of the Chubu branch and the Tokyo branch. (3) The sales staff of the Tokyo branch office uses the business A of the management apparatus A via the management apparatus B.

  In such a case, for example, there are cases where the use of the business B is permitted to the employees of the group B2 of the Tokyo branch office, but the use of the business A is desired to be prohibited. In some cases, electronic pens that can be used for each form and group are distinguished from each other, and in this case as well, access to the business may need to be restricted for each form and group.

  However, none of the above-mentioned patent documents describes a means for solving the above problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of realizing more detailed access restrictions in units of forms, management devices, groups, and electronic pens in an information processing system using a digital pen.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a form management method implemented by a management device connected via a network to a terminal to which an electronic pen is connected, from the electronic pen, and electronic pen identification information; A process of receiving an access request including a page address allocated for each form via the network, and referring to a first table in which the page address and form identification information are stored in association with each other, With reference to the second table in which the processing for acquiring the form identification information corresponding to the received page address and the electronic pen identification information and the identification information of the group to which the electronic pen belongs are stored in association with each other, Processing for acquiring group identification information corresponding to the received electronic pen identification information; the received electronic pen identification information; the acquired form identification information; Based on group identification information and a third table in which it is set whether access is permitted or denied for the access request from the electronic pen, a process for determining whether to allow access to the access request; It is characterized by implementing.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the electronic pen identification information and the form identification information and the group identification information are not access denied as a result of the determination, the form identification information and the data processing apparatus related to the form A process for determining the presence or absence of link information to the data processing apparatus related to the acquired form identification information with reference to the fourth table stored in association with the link information to When there is no corresponding link information, referring to the fifth table in which the identification information of the higher-level management device of the management device and the link information to the higher-level management device are stored in association with each other, If there is a higher level management device as a result of the determination process and the result of the determination, the form identification information is based on link information to the higher level management device stored in the fifth table. The identification information of the upper management apparatus, characterized in that it further implementing the process of transmitting the group identification information and the electronic pen identification information via the network to the upper management apparatus destined.

  Further, the present invention provides a process of receiving link information from the higher-level management apparatus to the data processing apparatus related to the acquired form identification information via the network; And a process of transferring to the pen address via the network.

  According to the present invention having the above characteristics, in an information processing system using a digital pen, it is possible to provide a technology that can realize more detailed access restrictions in units of forms, management devices, groups, and electronic pens. As a result, leakage and falsification of information entered in the form can be prevented.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an electronic pen system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the management apparatus 13 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the form and business URL correspondence table 214 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the pen group correspondence table 215 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the form and group correspondence table 216 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the high-order management apparatus table 217 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the low-order management apparatus table 218 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the access restriction management table 219 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the hierarchy management table 220 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the page address management table 221 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen for setting the access restriction information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the access control part 213 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process of the hierarchy information update part 212 which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
<Overall system configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a plurality of electronic pen-compatible papers 10, a plurality of electronic pens 11, a plurality of terminals 12, a plurality of management devices 13, a plurality of data processing devices 14, and a network 15. Is done. Each terminal 12, each management device 13, and each data processing device 14 are connected to a network 15. Further, the electronic pen 11 is connected to each terminal 12 via, for example, a cradle.

  The electronic pen compatible paper 10 is paper (for example, a form) on which a special dot pattern is printed in order to be able to specify the handwriting entry position. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a description will be given taking a form as an example of the electronic pen compatible paper 10. The form 10 is assigned unique information (hereinafter, page address).

  The electronic pen 11 acquires information entered in the form 10. Further, electronic pen identification information (hereinafter referred to as pen ID) for uniquely identifying each electronic pen 11 is allocated to the electronic pen 11. The electronic pen 11 includes a camera, an image processing device, a memory, an ink cartridge, a writing pressure sensor, and the like. When the pen pressure sensor is activated at the time of filling in the form 10 and the camera reads the dot pattern of the form 10, the position information (filling information) of the pen tip and the page address are acquired by the image processing apparatus and stored in the memory. The For example, when a user checks a check box provided in the form 10 using the electronic pen 11 and connects the electronic pen 11 to a cradle or the like, the electronic pen 11 sends an access request including a page address and a pen ID to the terminal 12. And transmitted to the management apparatus 13 via the network 15. In addition, when the electronic pen 12 receives link information (URL) from the management device 13 to the data processing device (or application) 14 via the network 14 and the terminal 12, the entry information stored in the memory based on the received URL. Is transmitted to the corresponding data processing device 14 via the terminal 12 and the network 15.

  The terminal 12 is a terminal used by a user. A control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a storage unit that stores a program executed by the CPU, an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse, an output unit such as a display, a network 14 is realized by a general computer having an interface unit and the like. The terminal 12 transmits the information received from the electronic pen 11 to the management device 13 or the data processing device 14 via the network 15 according to the content. Further, the terminal 12 transfers information from the management device 1 to the electronic pen 11.

  The network 15 can be implemented by various communication means such as a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, and a wireless communication network, singly or in combination.

  In response to an access request from the electronic pen 11, the management device 13 determines whether or not access is possible. If access is possible, if there is a URL to the corresponding data processing device 14, the URL is sent to the network 15 and the terminal 12. To the electronic pen 11. In addition, even if the management device 13 is accessible as a result of the determination, if there is no URL to the corresponding data processing device 14, the management device 13 is based on the URL to the higher management device 13 with respect to the management device. The access request from the electronic pen 11 is transferred to the upper management apparatus 13 via the network 15.

The data processing device 14 recognizes character information (position information) from the electronic pen and transmits the result to the terminal 12 via the network 15.
<Device configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the management apparatus 13.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the management device 13 includes a CPU control unit 200, a storage unit 201 such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a communication unit 202, an input unit 203, and an output unit 204. Each unit is connected to a BUS or the like. The storage unit 201 includes a program 210 including an access restriction setting unit 211, a hierarchy information update unit 212, and an access control unit executed by the control unit 200, and a form / business URL correspondence table (hereinafter, “table” is “TL”). 214, pen / group correspondence TL215, form / group correspondence TL216, upper management device TL217, lower management device TL218, access restriction management TL219, hierarchy management TL220, and page address management TL221. The communication unit 202 is, for example, a LAN card that can communicate using the TCP / IP protocol, and includes an input / output interface with the network 15 to communicate with the terminal 12.

  The access restriction setting unit 211 acquires access restriction information for a form, a management device, group identification information (group ID), and an electronic pen ID, which is input by the user using the input unit 203, and stores the access restriction information in the access restriction management TL 219. It has a function.

  The hierarchy information update unit 212 has a function of updating the hierarchy (parent-child) relationship between management devices managed by the hierarchy management TL 220.

The access restriction unit 213 receives an access request from the electronic pen 11, determines whether access is possible, and if access is possible, if there is a URL to the corresponding data processing device 14, the URL is sent to the network 15 and the terminal 12. It has the function to transmit to the electronic pen 11 via. In addition, even if access is possible as a result of the determination, if there is no URL to the corresponding data processing device 14, the access restriction unit 213 uses the URL to the higher management device 13 as a reference to the management device. In addition, it has a function of transferring an access request from the electronic pen 11 to the upper management apparatus 13 via the network 15. The access restriction unit 213 has a function of receiving a URL from the upper management apparatus 13 to the data processing apparatus 14 and transferring the URL to the electronic pen 11 via the network 15 and the terminal 12.
<Table configuration>
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the form / business URL correspondence TL 214.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the form / business URL correspondence TL 214 corresponds to the form identification information (form ID) and the URL to the data processing device 14 that recognizes the entry information (position information) on the form. Attached and memorized.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the pen / group correspondence TL 215.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the pen / group correspondence TL 215 stores a pen ID and information (group ID) for identifying a group to which the electronic pen to which the pen ID is assigned belongs in association with each other. Yes. One electronic pen ID can be associated with a plurality of group IDs.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the form / group correspondence TL 216.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the form / group correspondence TL 216 stores form identification information (form ID) 501 and a group ID 502 permitted to use the form in association with each other. One group ID may be associated with a plurality of form IDs.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the upper management apparatus TL217.

  As shown in FIG. 6, information (device ID) 601 for identifying the upper management device 13 and a URL 602 to the upper management device are stored in the upper management device TL 217 in association with each other. If the upper management apparatus 13 does not exist, that is, if the own management apparatus 13 is the highest management apparatus, no information is stored in the upper management apparatus TL217.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the lower-level management device TL218.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the lower level management apparatus TL218, an information (device) ID 701 for identifying the lower level management apparatus 13 and a URL 702 to the lower level management apparatus are stored in association with each other. If the lower management apparatus 13 does not exist, that is, if the own management apparatus 13 is the lowest management apparatus, no information is stored in the upper management apparatus TL217.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the access restriction management TL 219.

  The access restriction management TL 219 stores information indicating whether access is permitted for each form ID, management device ID, group ID, and electronic pen ID. As shown in FIG. 8, the access restriction management TL 219 includes a form ID 801, information 802 indicating whether the form ID 801 is accessible, management apparatus ID 803, information 804 indicating whether the management apparatus ID 803 is accessible, and a group ID or pen. An ID 805 and information 806 indicating whether or not the group ID or pen ID 805 can be accessed are stored in association with each other.

  As described above, each piece of information in the access restriction management TL 219 is information that is stored based on information input from an access restriction setting screen described later.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an access restriction setting screen.

  This access restriction setting screen is a screen for setting access permission for each form, access permission for each management device, and access permission for each group or pen.

For example, a method of setting access restrictions from the lower management apparatus B in the upper management apparatus A (FIGS. 1 and 9) will be described. Although not shown in FIG. 1, access restrictions may be set from the administrator terminal. As a specific setting method, a method is used in which a GUI is set from a WWW browser such as Internet Explorer, and input data is registered and updated in the access restriction management TL 219 of the management apparatus 13.
(Settings for each document)
In the setting screen shown in FIG. 12, information such as a form managed by the management apparatus A is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 12, form 1 and form 2 are displayed. When the administrator sets “reject” for the form 1, the lower-level management apparatus B cannot access the form 1 managed by the higher-level document management apparatus A. The same applies to the form 2.

Next, when the link of the form 1 is opened, as shown in FIG. 12, information on groups and electronic pens managed by the lower management device B of the management device A is displayed. The administrator can set whether to “permit” or “deny” access to each item.
(Settings for each management device)
For example, first, when the item of the management apparatus B is set to “reject”, all accesses from the management apparatus B can be denied.
(Setting for each group)
When denial is set for a group, access from the group and the electronic pen belonging to the group can be denied.

As described above, when the user wants to set “reject” or “permit”, the “permit” button 1203 or the “reject” button 1204 arranged on the right side of each setting item using the input unit 203. The operation of pressing is performed. In response to this operation, the setting status 1202 on the left side of the item is updated. In the example shown in FIG. 12, for example, “Permit” for the form 1, “Permit” for the management apparatus A, “Permit” for Group1A, “Permit” for Pen1A, and for the management apparatus B. “Allow”, “Allow” for Group 1B, “Reject” for Group 1C, and “Allow” for Pen 1B are set.
(Reflect settings)
After the setting is completed, the user uses the input unit 203 to perform an operation of pressing a “Register” button 1205 (“Update” button 1206 in the case of updating) at the bottom of the screen. In response to this operation, the control unit 200 registers the setting contents in the access restriction management TL 219 or updates the corresponding information in the access restriction management TL 219 based on the setting contents. In order to cancel the setting, a “cancel” button 1207 at the bottom of the screen is pressed.

  As described above, in the upper management apparatus, it is possible to finely set the access authority for the form and the like managed by the own upper management apparatus. It should be noted that the group management and the pen ID, etc. managed by the lower management apparatus are managed by the upper management apparatus so that the management information of the group and pen managed by the lower management apparatus can be managed more strictly if it is the latest information. Can also be obtained.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the hierarchy management TL 220.

  The hierarchy management TL 220 manages the hierarchy (parent-child) relationship between the management apparatuses 13 with the apparatus ID. As shown in FIG. 9, the upper level device ID 901 and the lower level device 902 are stored in the hierarchy management TL 220 in association with each other. For example, the first record in FIG. 9 indicates that the subordinate (child) management device of the management device A is the management device B.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the page address management TL 221.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the page address management TL 221 stores a form ID 1001 and a page address 1002 in association with each other. The page address is added when a form is issued. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, there are two page addresses “11” and “12” corresponding to “Thhoyo1”.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the management device A (upper level) and the management device B (lower level) are in a hierarchical relationship. An electronic pen belongs to the group. In the example shown in FIG. 11, Pen1B belongs to Group1B, and Pen1C belongs to Group1C.

  As shown in FIG. 11, for example, the management apparatus B permits access from Pen1B belonging to Group1B (1101) and rejects access from Pen1C belonging to Group1C (1102). Further, the management apparatus A indicates that the access from the lower management apparatus B is permitted (1103).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing of the access control unit 213. Note that the control unit 200 originally executes the program, but for convenience of explanation, the access control unit 213 will be simply described as the subject of processing.

  First, in FIG. 1, when a user enters necessary information on a paper (form) corresponding to an electronic pen using the electronic pen 11, the electronic pen 11 displays a pen ID and a page address given to the form on the terminal 12, The data is transmitted to the management device via the network 15. When there are a plurality of page addresses for one form, for example, when the user checks a check box printed on the form, a plurality of page addresses related to one form are electronic. Sent from the pen 11.

  The access control unit 213 receives an access request including the pen ID and page address from the electronic pen 11 (step S1301). In step 1301, the access request does not include the management device ID.

  Next, the access control unit 213 refers to the page address management TL 221 (FIG. 10) and identifies the form ID corresponding to the page address received in Step 1301 (Step 1302).

  Next, the access control unit 213 refers to the pen / group correspondence TL 215 (FIG. 4) and identifies the group ID corresponding to the pen ID received in step 1301 (step 1303).

  Next, the access control unit 213 controls the electronic pen 11 based on the pen ID received in step 1301, the form ID specified in step 1302, the group ID specified in step 1303, and the access restriction management TL 219 (FIG. 8). It is determined whether or not there is a restriction on access to the user (step 1304).

  As a result of the determination in step 1304, if none of the pen ID, form ID, and group ID is set to access denial, the access control unit 213 refers to the form / business URL correspondence TL 215 (FIG. 3), The presence / absence of a business URL corresponding to the form ID identified in step 1302 is determined (step 1305).

  As a result of the determination in step 1405, if there is no corresponding business URL, the access control unit 213 determines whether or not there is a higher management device from the higher management device TL217 (step 1306).

  If the result of determination in step 1306 is that there is a higher management device, the access control unit 213 determines the form ID identified in step 1302 based on the device ID and device URL stored in the higher management device TL 217 (FIG. 6), The device ID, the group ID specified in step 1303, and the pen ID received in step 1301 are transmitted to the upper management device (step 1407).

  Next, when the access control unit 213 receives the business URL from the upper management apparatus (step 1308), the access control unit 213 transfers the business URL to the access request source electronic pen (step 1309). If an error notification is received from the upper management apparatus in step 1308, it is transferred to the electronic pen that is the access request source.

  Further, as a result of the determination in step 1304, if any of the pen ID, the form ID, and the group ID is set to access denial, the access control unit 13 transmits an error notification to the access request source electronic pen. (Step 1310).

  As a result of the determination in step 1305, if there is a corresponding business URL, the access control unit 13 transmits the business URL to the access request source electronic pen (step 1311).

  If the result of determination in step 1306 is that there is no higher-level management device, the access control unit 13 transmits an error notification to the access request source electronic pen (step 1312).

  In step 1311 or step 1309, when the electronic pen receives the business URL, the electronic pen transmits information (position information) to the form temporarily stored in the memory to the corresponding data processing device 14 based on the received business URL. .

  The data processing device 14 performs a process for recognizing the received entry information and transmits the processing result to the corresponding terminal 12. The processing result is output to the output unit 204 of the terminal 12, and the user can check the entry information.

  FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing processing of the hierarchy information update unit 212. Here, the upper management apparatus A (parent) and the lower management apparatus B (child) of the upper management apparatus will be described as examples. The same processing is performed even if there is a lower management device (grandchild) for the lower management device B. The administrator of the management device opens the management screen of the management device A with a WWW browser such as Internet Explorer from the network 15 administrator terminal or the management device A using the input unit 203, and presses the update button at the bottom of the screen Perform the operation.

  The hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management apparatus A receives the update instruction (step 1401).

  Next, the hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management apparatus A refers to the lower level management apparatus TL 218 (FIG. 7) and confirms whether or not the lower level management apparatus B is registered (step 1402). Here, since the information of the management apparatus B is registered, the hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management apparatus A acquires the apparatus URL corresponding to the management apparatus B (step 1403).

  Next, the hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management apparatus A makes an update inquiry including the ID of the management apparatus A to the management apparatus B via the network 15 based on the acquired URL (step 1404).

  The hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management apparatus B refers to the lower level management apparatus TL 218 (FIG. 7) and confirms whether or not the lower level management apparatus is registered (step 1405). Here, since the information of the management apparatus B is not registered, the information of the lower level management apparatus TL218 possessed by the management apparatus B is acquired (step 1406), and this is transmitted to the management apparatus A via the network 15 (step 1406). 1407).

  The hierarchy information update unit 212 of the management device A updates the information of the lower level management device TL 218 held by the management device A based on the information from the management device B (step 1408).

  As for the update method of the hierarchical relationship information, when a new parent-child relationship is established in the lower management apparatus, it can be notified from the lower management apparatus to the upper management apparatus via the network 15. Also in this case, the upper management apparatus can update the lower management apparatus TL 218 held by the upper apparatus using the received update information.

  In addition, with regard to a method for updating the hierarchical relationship information, a higher-level management apparatus can periodically inquire for update information. For example, in the upper management apparatus, by setting a regular period such as one week or one month, the upper management apparatus makes an inquiry about update information to the lower management apparatus according to the set period. It can be carried out. In addition, for information to be updated, the upper management device picks up the pen ID and group ID managed by the lower management device and the page address of the form in addition to the hierarchical relationship information, and the related table held by the own device Can be registered.

  As described above, in the information processing system that uses the electronic pen and the form, set the subordinate management devices that have established a hierarchical relationship, the electronic pens belonging to the hierarchy, the group to which the electronic pen belongs, and the form access authority I can do it. As a result, the access authority for each management device, electronic pen, and form can be determined based on the information entered and transferred in the different departments in the form of the management system of the own department.

  As a means for obtaining and setting such access authority, for example, the administrator may set it by his / her own intention through a GUI such as a management screen, and these management devices that have established a hierarchical relationship regularly Access authority may be acquired automatically, or may be acquired automatically when electronic pen data is received.

  For example, access restriction can be easily set from the access restriction setting screen for each electronic pen or form managed by a lower management apparatus. In addition, it is possible to easily set access restrictions for a group to which an electronic pen managed by a child or grandchild document management apparatus belongs from the access restriction setting screen.

  Specifically, the upper management apparatus allows the lower management apparatus to accept reception from an electronic pen belonging to a certain group but to reject reception from another electronic pen belonging to another group. Become. In addition, among electronic pens belonging to a certain group, it is possible to permit access to a certain electronic pen or to deny access to another electronic pen. As a specific application example, for example, consider a case where a different business is performed for each department in a company, and each department has its own management device. When the electronic pen used by a person in a department is determined and you want to restrict the use of the form of your department to a person in a different department, the person using the electronic pen fills in the form managed by another department When the electronic pen data is transmitted, the management device that manages the form can reject access because the electronic pen ID included in the electronic pen data is subject to access restriction. .

  Access restriction targets can be applied to groups in addition to electronic pen IDs, so the group and department are strapped and access from all electronic pens managed in one department is permitted, but managed in other departments. It is possible to deny access from all electronic pens.

  Further, since the form and the user of the electronic pen can be associated with each other, it is possible to limit the user of a certain form and to deny access to the electronic pen data when the entry is made with another electronic pen.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Electronic pen corresponding paper 11 Electronic pen 12 Terminal 13 Management apparatus 14 Data processing apparatus 15 Network 200 Control part 201 Storage part 202 Communication part 203 Input part 204 Output part

Claims (6)

A form management method implemented by a management apparatus connected via a network to a terminal to which an electronic pen is connected,
From the electronic pen, a process of receiving an access request including electronic pen identification information and a page address allocated for each form via the network;
A process of acquiring form identification information corresponding to the received page address with reference to the first table stored in association with the page address and form identification information;
Processing for obtaining group identification information corresponding to the received electronic pen identification information with reference to a second table in which the electronic pen identification information and identification information of a group to which the electronic pen belongs are stored in association with each other When,
The received electronic pen identification information, the acquired form identification information and the group identification information, and a third set whether access is permitted or denied for the access request from the electronic pen A process for determining whether or not the access request can be accessed based on the table.
A form management method characterized by that. As a result of the determination, if neither the electronic pen identification information, nor the form identification information and the group identification information is an access denial, the form identification information corresponds to the link information to the data processing device related to the form. A process of determining the presence or absence of link information to the data processing apparatus related to the acquired form identification information with reference to the fourth table attached and stored;
As a result of the determination, when there is no corresponding link information, referring to the fifth table in which the identification information of the upper management apparatus of the management apparatus and the link information to the upper management apparatus are stored in association with each other, A process for determining the presence or absence of a host management device;
As a result of the determination, if there is a higher management device, based on the link information to the higher management device stored in the fifth table, the form identification information, the identification information of the higher management device, the group identification information And further performing a process of transmitting the electronic pen identification information to the upper management apparatus via the network,
The form management method according to claim 1. A process of receiving link information from the upper management apparatus to the data processing apparatus related to the acquired form identification information via the network;
A process of transferring the link information to the access request source electronic pen via the network;
The form management method according to claim 2. A management device connected via a network to a terminal to which an electronic pen is connected,
From the electronic pen, an access request including electronic pen identification information and a page address assigned to each form is received via the network,
With reference to the first table stored in association with the page address and form identification information, to obtain the form identification information corresponding to the received page address,
With reference to the second table in which the electronic pen identification information and the identification information of the group to which the electronic pen belongs are associated and stored, the group identification information corresponding to the received electronic pen identification information is acquired,
The received electronic pen identification information, the acquired form identification information and the group identification information, and a third set whether access is permitted or denied for the access request from the electronic pen A control unit that determines whether or not the access request can be accessed based on the table;
A management device characterized by that. The controller is
As a result of the determination, if neither the electronic pen identification information, nor the form identification information and the group identification information is an access denial, the form identification information corresponds to the link information to the data processing device related to the form. With reference to the fourth table attached and stored, the presence or absence of link information to the data processing device related to the acquired form identification information,
As a result of the determination, when there is no corresponding link information, referring to the fifth table in which the identification information of the upper management apparatus of the management apparatus and the link information to the upper management apparatus are stored in association with each other, Determine whether there is a higher management device,
As a result of the determination, if there is a higher management device, based on the link information to the higher management device stored in the fifth table, the form identification information, the identification information of the higher management device, the group identification information And transmitting the electronic pen identification information to the upper management apparatus via the network,
The management apparatus according to claim 4. The controller is
The link information to the data processing device related to the acquired form identification information is received from the upper management device via the network.
Transferring the link information to the access request source electronic pen via the network;
The management apparatus according to claim 5.

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