JP7489361B2 - Information processing system and information processing device - Google Patents

Description

(1) On January 18, 2021 and April 15, 2021, the specifications of the system to be developed and the developed system were disclosed at the F-LINE Corporation's Electronic Invoice Review Meeting and demonstration experiment. (2) On July 8, 2021, the developed system was disclosed at the Digital Logistics Promotion Council's demonstration experiment.

The present invention relates to an information processing system and an information processing device.

Traditionally, when a product is delivered, a delivery note and a receipt are exchanged between the product deliverer and the delivery destination. The delivery note is a document that lists the product to be delivered and the number of products, along with the addresses and names of the product's sender and destination. The receipt is a document that indicates that the destination has confirmed that the delivered product and its number are appropriate. Hereinafter, for convenience, the information on the product's sender and destination addresses and names will be collectively referred to as "delivery-related information," and the information on the delivered product, such as the product and its number, will be collectively referred to as "delivery product information." In many cases, the receipt is the same in content as the delivery note, that is, it contains the same delivery-related information and the same delivery product information.

Until now, delivery notes and receipts have been handled in printed form. Currently, these documents are handled as digitized files and exchanged by sending and receiving via communication (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When exchanging them via communication, locational constraints in their delivery are eliminated. For example, with a delivery note, the deliverer does not need to travel to receive the delivery note. On the other hand, with a receipt, after receiving it from the delivery destination, there is no need to travel to the location where the receipt is to be delivered. For these reasons, convenience is improved by exchanging delivery notes and receipts in electronic form.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-311888

There may be errors in the delivered product information entered on the delivery note. There may also be errors in the type or number of delivered products. There may also be products that cannot be delivered due to damage to any of the delivered products. In any case, some of the contents of the delivery note will be inappropriate. For this reason, it is considered important to be able to correct the contents on the delivery note even if the contents are the same.
Both the delivery-related information and the delivery product information are expressed as a string of one or more characters. For this reason, modifying part of the content results in modifying the string that needs to be modified. Situations in which such string modifications are required also arise when a document is related to other documents exchanged between businesses and shares most of the same strings. Note that two documents that have such a relationship usually have different delivery destinations, as in the case of a delivery note and a receipt.

The present invention aims to provide an information processing system that can correct character strings that exist in documents exchanged through communication, that are related to other documents, and that share most of the same character strings, and an information processing device that makes this correction possible.

The information processing system according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a first terminal used by a first business operator that is an order receiving business operator , a second terminal used by a second business operator that is an order placing business operator that exchanges digitized document files with the first business operator, and an information processing device that realizes the exchange of the document files by communicating with the first terminal and the second terminal, and the information processing device includes a page creation means that, when receiving a first document file that is a document related to delivery in response to an order from the second business operator from the first terminal, creates a Web page in which an image of the received first document file is arranged in a state in which content including character strings present on the image can be modified, a page transmission control means that transmits the Web page created by the page creation means to the second terminal, and a page transmission control means that transmits the Web page created by the page creation means to the second terminal. the information processing device includes a storage control means for, when receiving correction information representing the result of correction made to the content on the image from the second terminal which has received the document, storing the first document file reflecting the correction information as a second document file which is a document related to receipt , and a file transmission control means for transmitting the second document file stored by the storage control means to the first terminal, wherein the first terminal transmits the first document file to the information processing device and receives the second document file from the information processing device , and the second terminal comprises a correction means for correcting the content placed on the image of the Web page received from the information processing device by operation on an input device, and a correction information transmission means for transmitting the correction information representing the result of correction made to the content on the image by the correction means to the information processing device .

An information processing device of a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a page creation means for creating a Web page in which an image of a first document file, which is a document regarding delivery in response to an order from a second business operator, which is an ordering business operator, is received from a first terminal used by a first business operator, which is an order receiving business operator, and in which content including character strings present on the image is arranged in a modifiable state; a page transmission control means for transmitting the Web page created by the page creation means to a second terminal used by the second business operator; a storage control means for, when correction information indicating the results of corrections made to the content on the image is received from the second terminal that received the Web page from the page transmission control means, storing the first document file reflecting the correction information as a second document file which is a document regarding receipt ; and a file transmission control means for transmitting the second document file stored by the storage control means to the first terminal.

The present invention can correct strings that exist in documents that are exchanged through communication, that are related to other documents, and that share a large proportion of the strings in common.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an example of a service provided by a service provider via an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system constructed for providing a service by an AP server according to an embodiment of an information processing device of the present invention, and a network environment to which the system is connected. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration realized on an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mechanism for exchanging document files realized by a document processing control unit. FIG. 1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating examples of character strings that are targets of automatic recognition in a document file. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page that displays information about a non-contracted business operator who has registered for use based on the use request setting information. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of information related to storage of document files and the relationships therebetween. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page on which an image represented by a document file of an invoice is arranged. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page in which a character string can be corrected. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display after an input field is selected. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page after one character string has been corrected. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a delivery note in another format. 13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating example images of other documents generated based on a delivery note in a different format.

Below, the embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment described is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The technical scope of the present invention also includes various modified examples.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of an example of a service (hereinafter referred to as "this service") provided by a service provider company through an AP (Application) server according to an embodiment of an information processing device of the present invention.
The service provider WA provides the present service, which realizes document exchange by relaying document transmission and reception over a network between multiple businesses, with at least one of the businesses needing document exchange as a customer. At least one of the businesses needs to be a customer, i.e., a contractor of the service provider WA, because it is possible that documents from one business will be relayed to all other businesses. In such a case, even if all the other businesses are not customers, documents from one contractor must be able to be received by all the other businesses.

An entity is an individual or an organization such as a company. In FIG. 1, two companies, Company A CA and Company B CB, are shown as examples of entities. In the explanation of FIG. 1, "Company A CA" and "Company B CB" are used as the notations for the entities. When it is not necessary to assume an entity, the notation "enterprise" is used.
Company B CB is an order-receiving company that manufactures, for example, product P and sells the manufactured product P as a commodity. Product P, which is a commodity, is delivered to the ordering company by shipping or the like. The commodity sold by Company B CB may be a commodity purchased from another company. On the other hand, Company A CA is an ordering company that orders (purchases) product P manufactured and sold by Company B CB from Company B CB. Hereinafter, to avoid confusion, product P will be written as "commodity P". Furthermore, Company A CA and Company B CB are both assumed to be customers, in other words, companies that have contracted with service provider WA.

When a transaction is made between an ordering company and an order-receiving company, various documents are exchanged between the two companies. Here, for ease of understanding, an example that has been used in the past will be explained.
For example, an ordering company decides which products to purchase from a receiving company, creates a purchase order to purchase the decided products, and sends it to the receiving company by email or other means. The receiving company that has received the purchase order notifies the ordering company by email or other means that it has received the purchase order, and prepares to deliver the products specified in the purchase order to the ordering company, and delivers the specified products, including the quantity, to the ordering company. Preparations for delivery include creating a delivery note to be given to the ordering company at the time of delivery, and a receipt to be received from the ordering company. As a result, after the exchange of purchase orders, the delivery note and receipt are exchanged. The actual delivery of the products is often carried out by the requested delivery company.

On the delivery note, delivery-related information, such as the addresses, names, and telephone numbers of the sender and recipient of the product, as well as delivery product information, such as the product and its quantity, are printed. The same is true for the receipt. Therefore, the delivery note and the receipt are documents (documents) that are related to each other and share most of the same character strings.
The ordering company checks whether the goods to be delivered are actually present and then performs an inspection to receive the goods. The inspection also checks whether the delivered goods have any visible defects, such as damage. As a result, goods that are not listed on the delivery note and goods that are found to have unacceptable defects are returned.

After inspection, the ordering company hands a receipt to the delivery company. To show that it has confirmed the delivered goods, the ordering company will, for example, stamp the receipt (a receipt stamp) or hand over a signed receipt to the delivery company. For this reason, the receipt is a document that shows that the ordering company has confirmed the delivered goods. Even though the contents are the same, the delivery note is a document addressed to the ordering company and the receipt is a document addressed to the company that received the order. For this reason, they are clearly distinguished from each other.
After the delivery of the goods, the receiving company creates and issues an invoice to request payment from the ordering company. The issued invoice is sent to the ordering company. Upon receiving the invoice, the ordering company pays the receiving company by bank transfer or other means.

In this way, between two companies trading goods, multiple document exchanges like those described above take place during a single transaction. Until now, document exchanges have typically been carried out by mail or email. This service makes it possible to exchange various documents by methods other than mail and email.

As shown in FIG. 1, when a transaction for product P is made between Company A CA and Company B CB, it is assumed that the above-mentioned various document exchanges will also take place between Company A CA and Company B CB. This service can be used to realize all or some of the various document exchanges. This service realizes document exchange by sending and receiving documents using communication over a network. Since documents are sent and received over a network, the documents that are targeted are basically electronic document files D, that is, data. The file format of document file D is not particularly limited. For example, document file D may be a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. This service also supports message exchange by treating messages exchanged between businesses as document files D.

Document file D needs to be sent only to the business to which it is to be sent. Each business can use various terminals (information processing devices with communication functions, such as PCs (Personal Computers)) to use this service. For this reason, this service requires businesses that use this service to register for use, regardless of whether they are customers or not. As a result, use of this service is limited to businesses that have registered for use. Whether a business has registered for use or not is confirmed by requesting a login from the user who has connected the terminal to the service provider WA. Here, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that login is performed by entering an ID (IDentifier) and password.

The service provider WA has one or more storages ST for storing document files D. This storage ST is, for example, mounted on or connected to the AP server, or mounted on or connected to another server that can communicate with the AP server.

In this storage ST, an individual storage area SA is reserved for each business operator, which is a dedicated storage area for storing document files D. An individual storage area SA is prepared for each business operator, and only document files D intended to be sent to that business operator are stored in the individual storage area SA associated with the business operator. For example, only document files D intended to be sent to A Company CA are stored in the individual storage area SA for Company A CA. In this way, each individual storage area SA is used to store document files D to be sent to the corresponding business operator. As a result, document files D imported from business operator B Company CB are stored in the individual storage area SA for Company A CA. In this service, such individual storage areas SA are used to manage the destination of document files D and relay document exchange between businesses so that document files D are sent only to the business operator to which they should be sent.

Document files D etc. stored in the individual storage area SA can be checked not only by the business operator to which the individual storage area SA is assigned, but also by the business operator who imported the document file D etc. This is to enable the sending business operator to check whether the document file D was actually imported and processed appropriately. To prevent more information than necessary from being obtained, the only document files D that the sending business operator can check are the document files D imported by that business operator. In order to enable checking of such document files D, use of this service is restricted to the logged-in business operator.

In the document exchange described above, the receipt is a document that should be clearly distinguished from another document, the delivery note. Like the delivery note, the receipt is a document that indicates delivery, i.e., the delivered goods, but it is different from the delivery note in that the company that should receive it is the company that receives it. Since the receipt is sent by the ordering company, it is a document that should be received not only by the receiving company, which is the company that should receive it, but also by the ordering company. The ordering company does not know which goods will actually be delivered. For some reason, the receiving company may choose to deliver the specified goods in multiple installments. For this reason, receipts are generally not something that ordering companies should create.

The ordering company may not actually receive the goods shown on the delivery note. The ordering company may not receive the goods specified by the ordering company due to a processing error by the receiving company or a delivery mistake by the delivery company. The ordering company may not receive the specified number of goods due to an error in the units. The ordering company may also return goods that have unacceptable defects that can be visually inspected. In any case, the end result is that the ordering company does not receive the goods that should be delivered, and the contents of the receipt, i.e., one or more character strings representing the type, number, and unit of one or more goods, will be inappropriate. Therefore, the contents of the receipt must be corrected to be appropriate.
This service supports such revision of the contents of the receipt. Figure 1 shows an example of the mechanism for doing so. For this reason, the document in document file D prepared for company B CB is a delivery note. The document in document file D may be another document that has a similar status to the delivery note.

The document file D is sent to the service provider company WA by, for example, company B CB. Since this document file D is created and sent in conjunction with the delivery of product P, it is stored in an individual storage area SA for company A CA, which is the delivery destination of product P. The service provider company WA can also automatically import the document file D.
Document file D stored in the separate storage area SA for Company A's CA is sent to Company A's CA upon request from the CA. The delivery note is a document referenced for inspection of delivered goods, and its contents are usually checked immediately. For this reason, this service sends document file D to Company A's CA in the form of a web page on which an image of document file D is placed. As a result, when document file D of the delivery note is requested, this service sends the contents of the delivery note in a viewable state, allowing the contents to be checked more quickly.

This web page will be described in detail later with reference to Figures 9 to 12, but it allows the content, i.e., the character string, to be modified on the image of the delivery note. By allowing modification of the character string, the ordering company A CA can modify inappropriate character strings according to the results of inspecting the actual delivered goods. In addition to modifying the character string, it is possible to input information indicating that the delivery destination has inspected the goods, for example, by stamping a receipt. The receipt stamp is stamped using, for example, an electronic seal. For this reason, the delivery note with the receipt stamp stamped on it is treated as a receipt. Since the receipt is generated from the delivery note, the receiving company B CB only needs to prepare the document file D of the delivery note. For convenience, it is assumed here that the input of information indicating that the goods have been inspected is only performed by stamping a receipt stamp. The information to be input may be different, and is not particularly limited.

Stamping a receipt seal changes the original contents of the delivery note, and can therefore be considered an operation that modifies the contents of the delivery note. For this reason, modifications to the contents of a delivery note can be broadly divided into modifications made by stamping a receipt seal and modifications to character strings. Unless otherwise specified, modifications to the contents are used here to mean modifications to character strings. Note that a character string is a string of one or more characters, and examples of character types include hiragana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, and various other symbols. Modification of a character string includes not only the modification of an existing character string, that is, the change, addition, or deletion of one or more characters, but also the addition of one or more characters to a location where no existing character string exists.

Since a receipt stamp may be required, the CA of company A, to which the web page has been sent, sends information indicating the content of the revision (hereinafter referred to as "revised information") to the service provider company WA. The service provider company WA reflects the revision information in the document file D and stores it as a revised document file SD in an individual storage area SA for company B CB. This allows company B CB to receive the revised document file SD, which is a receipt, from the service provider company WA. In this service, the receipt, unlike a delivery note, is not required to be available for immediate viewing, so the revised document file SD is sent by downloading. In this embodiment, the revised document file SD corresponds to the second document file, and the document file D corresponds to the first document file.
The modified document file SD is a name that focuses on the existence of the base document file D, and both are objects of exchange between businesses. Therefore, in many cases, there is no need to distinguish it from the document file D. For this reason, unless otherwise specified, the term "document file D" will be used as a general term for document files that are objects of exchange.

In this way, this service is based on the delivery note, and in addition to stamping a receipt, allows text to be modified, with the modified content reflected in the receipt. This allows the ordering company to modify the text on the receipt as desired, depending on the actual goods received. Because it is based on the delivery note, it only needs to modify the text that needs to be modified. This means that the ordering company can modify the text easily and quickly. As a result, the receiving company can receive a receipt in the form of a modified document file SD, with the contents of the delivery note modified as necessary by the ordering company based on the inspection (quality control) results.
The receiving company can check the goods that the ordering company actually received by using the correction document file SD, and can immediately check whether the ordering company has not received any goods. As a result, if the ordering company has not received any goods, it can quickly respond to the situation.

Hereinafter, a method for implementing the present service illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system constructed for providing services by an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention, and a network environment to which the system is connected. The system shown as the network environment corresponds to an embodiment of the information processing system of the present invention.

The system constructed using the AP server 1 is constructed by connecting the AP server 1 to the DB (Data Base) server 2 and one or more printers 5 equipped with communication functions, for example, via a LAN (Local Area Network), and realizes one Web site. In FIG. 2, the AP server 1, DB server 2, and printer 5 are installed in the service provider WA, but they may be provided by a cloud service. For this reason, the installation location and provider of the AP server 1, DB server 2, and printer 5 are not particularly limited. In addition, the AP server 1 and DB server 2 are main information processing devices for providing this service, but may also include other information processing devices, such as a Web server and/or a firewall. At least one of the AP server 1 and DB server 2 may be installed in multiple units. In that case, a load balancer may also be included. The printer 5 is for businesses that wish to exchange documents in print. It is desirable to install multiple printers 5 so that a large number of prints can be printed.

AP server 1 is connected directly or indirectly to network N. Therefore, AP server 1 can provide this service to users who use, as terminals, information processing devices capable of communication via network N. In many cases, users are employees of businesses that have registered to use the service, such as order-receiving company 3 or ordering company 4.

The DB server 2 is a server that performs processing in response to requests from the AP server 1. The AP server 1 sends the imported or uploaded document file D to the DB server 2 for storage. Information related to this service other than the document file D is stored in the AP server 1. For this reason, the AP server 1 provides this service using the DB server 2. As a result, the storage ST of the service provider WA shown in FIG. 1 corresponds to both the storage that is accessible by the AP server 1 and the DB server 2.

In Figure 2, the companies using this service are shown as receiving companies 3-1 to 3-L and ordering companies 4-1 to 4-K. Hereinafter, for convenience, when there is no need to distinguish between them, the receiving company will be given the number "3" and the ordering company will be given the number "4". In Figure 1, receiving company 3 corresponds to Company B CB, and ordering company 4 corresponds to Company A CA.

This classification of companies is for convenience, and in reality, companies cannot always be clearly classified. This is because there are many companies that are both order-receiving companies 3 and ordering companies 4. However, for the sake of explanation, we will assume here that companies are classified as either order-receiving companies 3 or ordering companies 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving company 3 has a system in which a server 31 and multiple terminals 32 are connected to a network 33. A storage area 36 for storing document files D to be automatically imported is secured in the storage 35 mounted on the server 31. The storage area 36 is designated by the receiving company 3 itself as a place to automatically import document files D. The reason why the receiving company 3 designated such a storage area 36 is because the server 31 is always running. By designating the storage area 36 on the server 31, the receiving company 3 can automatically import document files D at any timing. For convenience, in this service, in addition to the location to automatically import document files D, the timing of the import can also be set. The storage area 36 may be an area secured in the storage mounted on the terminal 32 that is always running. The storage area 36 does not limit the storage 35 in which it exists, or the information processing device that accesses the storage 35. The storage area 36 will be referred to as the "import storage area 36" hereinafter in order to clearly distinguish it from others.

Some of the documents exchanged between businesses may be exchanged periodically. For example, between businesses that repeatedly conduct transactions, it is common to decide the timing for sending invoices and to request unpaid amounts up to the decided timing in one or more invoices, partly to reduce the complexity of processing. Such an invoice document file D is considered to be the document file D stored in the import storage area 36. This document file D is usually part of an aggregated document file D in which multiple document files D are aggregated (combined).

On the other hand, the ordering company 4 has one or more terminals 41 installed. The terminals 41 are information processing devices capable of communicating with the AP server 1 via the network N. Employees of the ordering company 4 can use this service using these terminals 41. In order to distinguish this terminal 41 from the terminal 32 of the receiving company 3, this terminal will be referred to as the "ordering terminal 41" hereafter. The terminal 32 will be referred to as the "receiving terminal 32". When there is no need to make such a distinction, that is, when it can be either the ordering terminal 41 or the receiving terminal 32, the terminal will be referred to as the "business operator terminal". In this embodiment, the receiving company 3 corresponds to the first business operator, and the receiving terminal 32 corresponds to the first terminal. The ordering company 4 corresponds to the second business operator, and the ordering terminal 41 corresponds to the second terminal.

In Fig. 2, unlike the receiving company 3, the ordering company 4 does not show a server or the like. This is because it is thought that most ordering companies 4 do not exchange documents on a regular basis. In other words, it is thought that there are relatively few cases in which an information processing device such as the server 31 is involved in this service. However, Fig. 2 does not indicate that the ordering company 4 has not built a system using a server.
Furthermore, both the ordering terminal 41 and the order receiving terminal 32 do not have to be nodes of the systems constructed by the ordering company 4 and the order receiving company 3, respectively. In other words, they may be terminals that are portable and can be used anywhere, such as a smartphone or a tablet PC. For this reason, both the order receiving terminal 32 and the ordering terminal 41 may be personal property of employees.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. Next, with reference to Figure 3, a specific example of the hardware configuration of AP server 1 will be described. Note that this example configuration is just one example, and the hardware configuration of AP server 1 is not limited to this.

The AP server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input/output interface 15, an output unit 16, an input unit 17, a memory unit 18, two communication units 19 and 20, and a drive 21.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to programs recorded in the ROM 12 and/or programs loaded from the storage unit 18 to the RAM 13. The application programs that cause the AP server 1 to function, i.e., programs developed for providing this service, are stored, for example, in the storage unit 18. The CPU 11 reads the programs into the RAM 13 and executes them, allowing the AP server 1 to provide this service to the order-receiving company 3 and the ordering company 4.

The RAM 13 also stores data and the like necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes, including various programs executed by the CPU 11.
The CPU 11, the ROM 12, and the RAM 13 are connected to one another via a bus 14. An input/output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An output unit 16, an input unit 17, a storage unit 18, two communication units 19 and 20, and a drive 21 are connected to the input/output interface 15.

The output unit 16 includes a display such as a liquid crystal display. The output unit 16 displays various images under the control of the CPU 11. The output unit 16 may be mounted on the AP server 1, or may be connected as necessary. In other words, the output unit 16 is not a required component.

The input unit 17 is configured to include various hardware buttons such as a keyboard. The configuration may also include one or more pointing devices such as a mouse. The operator can input various information via the input unit 17. This input unit 17 may also be mounted on the AP server 1, but may also be connected as necessary. In other words, the input unit 17 is not an essential component.

The storage unit 18 is, for example, a hard disk device or an auxiliary storage device such as an SSD (Solid State Drive). Large amounts of data are stored in the storage unit 18. The storage unit 18 corresponds to one of the storages ST of the service provider company WA shown in FIG. 1.

The communication unit 19 enables communication with information processing devices used by the receiving company 3 and the ordering company 4 via the network N. The server 31, receiving terminal 32, and ordering terminal 41 shown in FIG. 2 all correspond to those information processing devices. The communication unit 20 enables communication with the DB server 2. Hereinafter, to avoid confusion, the communication unit 19 will be referred to as the "terminal communication unit 19" and the communication unit 20 will be referred to as the "DB communication unit 20."

The drive 21 is a device that can detachably mount removable media 25, such as a magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, or semiconductor memory card. The drive 21 can, for example, read information from the mounted removable media 25 and write information to the removable media 25. As a result, a program recorded on the removable media 25 can be stored in the storage unit 18 via the drive 21. In addition, the removable media 25 mounted in the drive 21 can be used as a destination to which various data stored in the storage unit 18 is copied or moved.

The hardware resources of the AP server 1 are controlled by various programs including application programs. As a result, the AP server 1 can provide this service to the order-receiving company 3 and the ordering company 4. The various programs include an OS (Operating System). The application programs for providing this service run on the OS.

The DB server 2 can have basically the same hardware configuration as the AP server 1. Therefore, detailed description will be omitted here. However, it is preferable that the storage unit constituting the DB server 2 is equipped with a larger capacity storage. The storage unit may be equipped in the DB server 2, or may be connected to the DB server 2. Here, it is assumed that both the AP server 1 and the DB server 2 have a storage unit equipped therein.
The order receiving terminal 32 and the order placing terminal 41 can also adopt the same hardware configuration as that of the AP server 1. However, these business terminals must be equipped with or connected to the output unit 16 and the input unit 17. It is sufficient that one of the two communication units 19, 20 is equipped with or connected. The drive 21 does not have to be equipped.

Figure 4 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration realized on an AP server according to an embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. Next, an example of a functional configuration realized on AP server 1 will be described in detail with reference to Figure 4.

4, the CPU 11 of the AP server 1 has a functional configuration including a distribution control unit 111, a company registration unit 112, an authentication unit 113, a document processing control unit 114, a data management unit 115, an automatic division unit 116, a setting management unit 117, an access control unit 118, a notification control unit 119, and a dictionary registration unit 120. These are realized by the CPU 11 executing various programs including the above-mentioned application programs. As a result, the memory unit 18 has a company registration information storage unit 181, a company master storage unit 182, a package information storage unit 183, an operation record information storage unit 184, an object list storage unit 185, a setting information storage unit 186, a modified setting information storage unit 187, and a dictionary storage unit 188 reserved for information storage.
The document processing control unit 114, data management unit 115, and automatic division unit 116 are particularly important components for generating and storing a modified document file SD as shown in Fig. 1. In this embodiment, the document processing control unit 114 corresponds to a page creation means, a page transmission control means, a file transmission control means, and an automatic correction means. The data management unit 115 corresponds to a storage control means and a file identification means.

The distribution control unit 111 exchanges data with the terminal communication unit 19, identifies an output destination to which data input from the terminal communication unit 19 should be passed, and passes the data to the identified output destination. In this case, the output destination to which the data is passed is one of the company registration unit 112, authentication unit 113, document processing control unit 114, and dictionary registration unit 120. As a result of the distribution control unit 111 passing the data to the output destination to which it should be passed, the functions required to process the data are operated.

The company registration unit 112 is a function for registering information about businesses that use this service. This information is company registration information, and is stored in the company registration information storage unit 181 secured in the memory unit 18. Most of the company registration information is information entered by businesses. However, some of it is automatically generated by the company registration unit 112 by referencing the company master stored in the company master storage unit 182 secured in the memory unit 18.

As mentioned above, registration is required to use this service. Businesses that request registration are divided into those who are contracting parties to this service, i.e., businesses that are customers, and those that need to register in order to provide this service to one of their customers. Businesses that need to register do not have to enter into a contract as a customer. However, the content of the company registration information, that is, the combination of the main items that make up the company registration information, is the same regardless of the business classification. Hereafter, for convenience, business entities that are customers will be referred to as "contracted entities" and business entities that are not customers will be referred to as "non-contracted entities."

The company master is a file that compiles information about each company for which information is publicly available. Information about companies includes, for example, company code, corporate name, address, contact information, and industry. In addition, information on creation date and time, and update date and time is added. Here, these are collectively referred to as "company master individual information." As a result, the company master is an aggregate of the company master individual information. In addition, in the company master individual information, "company" is used to refer to the company stored in the company master.

The company code is identification information that can uniquely identify a publicly-disclosed company, and is also publicly-disclosed information. The corporate name, address, contact information, and industry are also all publicly-disclosed information. The creation date and time indicates the date and time when the company master individual information was added to the company master, and the update date and time indicates the date and time when the company master individual information was last updated.

On the other hand, the company registration information includes information such as a customer code, usage status, company name, department name, person in charge name, email address, address, creation date and time, and update date and time.
The customer code is identification information that can uniquely identify a registered business. In this service, when a company whose company master individual information is stored in the company master registers, the company code in the company master individual information is used as the customer code. When a company whose company master individual information is not stored in the company master registers, the company registration unit 112 automatically generates unique identification information that is not used in either the company master individual information or the company registration information, and sets it as the customer code. Here, the customer code is assumed to be an authentication ID for logging in.

The usage status is information that indicates the usage status of the Service. Specifically, the usage status is information that indicates whether the business entity using the Service is a subscriber or not, whether the Service is being used or not, etc.
The company name, department name, person in charge name, email address, and address are all information entered by the company. Through this information entry, the company can arbitrarily specify the destination of an email notifying the user that a document file D to be sent has been created, the destination of a printed matter to be delivered by mail, etc.

The creation date and time indicates the date and time when the company registration information was added to the company registration information storage unit 181. The update date and time indicates the date and time when the company registration information was last updated. All of these are added or updated by the company registration unit 112.
Contracted businesses are primarily businesses that have decided to use this service of their own volition. Businesses that wish to enter into a contract are considered to connect their business terminals to the AP server 1 of their own volition and register for use.

On the other hand, non-contracted businesses are businesses that have started to use this service as a result of the introduction of this service by their business partners, etc. It is considered unlikely that they are aware of information about this service in advance. Furthermore, there are some differences in the information that must be entered between non-contracted businesses and contracted businesses. For this reason, this service provides a dedicated site for user registration that is intended for non-contracted businesses, and emails containing embedded link information to the dedicated site are sent to non-contracted businesses. For this reason, contracted businesses are allowed to specify the email addresses of non-contracted businesses that wish to use this service. In this way, this service makes it easier for non-contracted businesses to use this service.

The company registration unit 112 classifies businesses into either contracted businesses or non-contracted businesses, performs processing to have the businesses input the necessary information, and stores the company registration information in the company registration information storage unit 181. The sending of emails to request non-contracted businesses to access the dedicated site is achieved by the document processing control unit 114 and the notification control unit 119.

The authentication unit 113 performs authentication to confirm whether the business using this service is a registered business. It also manages the information required for authentication. To this end, the authentication unit 113 also transmits a web page for login. This page is transmitted when the business terminal is connected to the AP server 1 for a reason other than registration, including when accessing a dedicated site, for example.

In this case, the authentication information is assumed to be an authentication ID and a password. The authentication ID is assumed to be a customer code. The authentication unit 113 also performs processing to accommodate password changes as necessary. The authentication information may be managed separately from the company registration information, but it is assumed here that it is included in the company registration information. In this case, the company registration information is updated by the authentication unit 113.

The document processing control unit 114 performs the main processing or control for providing this service. In addition to sending emails requesting access to the dedicated site, the document processing control unit 114 also enables the exchange of document files D between businesses and the registration of various setting information for this exchange.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a mechanism for exchanging document files realized by the document processing control unit.
5, SS is a storage space for storing various data including document files D, which is realized by the AP server 1 and the DB server 2. This storage space SS is a space virtually realized by storage areas secured in the memory unit 18 of the AP server 1 and the memory unit 200 of the DB server 2. This storage space SS includes all of the individual storage areas SA secured in the storage ST shown in FIG.

Each individual storage area SA can be logically divided into multiple areas. The business can set the logical structure within the individual storage area SA. Figure 5 shows that multiple folders SB, SC are set in each individual storage area SA as its areas. Folder SB is, for example, a root folder, and folder SC is a subfolder contained within folder SB, which is the root folder. The business can also set a hierarchical structure.

Both the invoice DS and the contract DK are document files D to be exchanged. After being imported, these document files D are stored in the individual storage area SA that is associated with the specified or automatically recognized delivery destination. The invoice DS and the contract DK have different types (attributes) as document files D. Therefore, the invoice DS imported from Company B CB and addressed to Company A CA is stored in the "Accounting Department" folder SC, which is one of the subfolders SC created in the individual storage area SA for Company A CA. The contracts DK imported from Company C CC and addressed to Companies A CA to C CC are each stored in the "President" folder SC created in each individual storage area SA. If you yourself are included in the delivery destination, your own individual storage area SA can be used as a storage area for the document file D.

Each folder that can be set in a hierarchical structure by Company A CA through Company C CC becomes the storage destination for document file D. The actual storage destination for document file D is one of the folders, and in order to actually store document file D, one of the folders must be selected as the storage destination. The storage destination is selected based on the designation by the business entity that transmitted document file D, or based on the results of automatic recognition of character strings present in document file D. As a result, each folder stores only the document files D that should be stored in that folder.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a character string that is a target of automatic recognition in a document file.
6 shows an example of a purchase order DH as an example of an image represented by a document file D. The purchase order DH shows three character string regions MR surrounded by dashed lines. The character strings present in each character string region MR, i.e., the character strings "purchase order", "0009", and "1000476", are all examples of character strings that are targets of automatic recognition.

The character string "purchase order" is a character string that indicates the type of document. The character string "0009" is a character string that indicates a customer code. The character string "1000476" is the order number assigned to the purchase order DH. This order number is different for each purchase order DH. Therefore, the order number is identification information that can uniquely identify the purchase order DH.
In the purchase order DH, these character strings are extracted and automatically recognized. The customer code identified by the automatic recognition specifies the individual storage area SA in which the document file D of the purchase order DH should be stored. The document type specifies the folder in which the document file D should be stored among the folders created in the individual storage area SA. The order number specifies the folder in which the document file D should be stored among the folders created in that folder. The last folder specified is the actual storage destination of the document file D. Thus, by automatically recognizing a plurality of character strings present in the document file D, it is possible to deal with the individual storage area SA in which a plurality of folders are created to have a hierarchical structure. In other words, even if there are many storage destinations to choose from, one storage destination can be automatically selected from them. There are no particular limitations on the character strings to be automatically recognized and the number of such character strings.

The automatic division unit 116 extracts (specifies) character strings to be automatically recognized from the document file D and automatically recognizes the extracted character strings. The character string region MR shown in FIG. 6 exists on the first page of the document. Therefore, the automatic division unit 116 specifies data for one document in the aggregated document file through automatic recognition of character strings, and divides the identified data for one document from the aggregated document file. In this way, the automatic division unit 116 makes it possible to treat each divided data for one document as one document file D. The document processing control unit 114 determines whether automatic recognition of character strings is necessary in the document file D passed from the distribution control unit 111, and passes the document file D determined to require automatic recognition to the automatic division unit 116. If the business operator who has sent the document file D has not specified all the information necessary to determine the storage destination, the document file D requires automatic recognition.

The type of character string to be placed, and the document format including the placement of that character string, are determined by the intentions of one of the businesses exchanging documents. Therefore, it is likely that various document formats were adopted by each business before using this service. For this reason, if document formats were to be standardized for each document type, most businesses would be required to change their document formats. This would impose a heavy burden on businesses that need to change the document format, because not only would they have to accommodate the new document format, but they would also no longer be able to reuse existing document files D.

For this reason, in order to make it easier for businesses to use the service, the service does not require standardization of the formats of various documents, including purchase orders DH, invoices DS, and delivery notes. Since standardization of formats is not required for various documents, various documents will come in a variety of formats. Therefore, the service allows businesses to register dictionaries that enable extraction (identification) of character strings to be automatically recognized from document files D.
The dictionary specifies the position of each character string region MR as shown in Fig. 6, the type of character string present in each character string region MR, etc. The dictionary registration unit 120 is a function for registering dictionaries. The dictionaries registered by the dictionary registration unit 120 are stored in a dictionary storage unit 188 secured in the memory unit 18. The automatic segmentation unit 116 then refers to the dictionary stored in the dictionary storage unit 188 to extract character strings from the document file D and automatically recognize the extracted character strings.

In this service, a receipt is generated based on a delivery note. A receipt, which is a printed document, usually has a stamp area for stamping a receipt. For this reason, it is assumed that a delivery note, which is electronic data, also has a stamp area for stamping a receipt. In order to be able to stamp a receipt in that stamp area, the delivery note dictionary allows the user to specify a stamp area that represents the stamp area in addition to the character string area MR.

Returning to the explanation of FIG.
For the business operator to which it is assigned, each individual storage area SA becomes a display environment HK for checking the document file D. This allows the business operator to check, view, and download the document file D stored in accordance with the logical structure set in the individual storage area SA. This is regardless of whether the storage destination of the document file D is automatically determined by automatic recognition or not.

In the individual storage area SA of Company A's CA, access restrictions are set for both the "Accounting Department" folder SC and the "President" folder SC. As a result, only employees with access rights can view the stored document files D in both the "Accounting Department" folder SC and the "President" folder SC. This service makes it possible to set such access restrictions.

The individual storage area SA is assigned to each business using this service, regardless of whether or not there is a contract. However, in this service, a storage area is reserved for all non-contracted business, and the individual storage area SA for each non-contracted business is reserved within that storage area. Therefore, the individual storage area SA for each non-contracted business is treated like the "Accounting Department" folder SC or the "President" folder SC of Company A CA in Figure 5.
For this reason, by selecting a storage location where the document file D will actually be stored from among the storage locations existing in the individual storage area SA, appropriate exchange of document files D between businesses, including departments, can be realized.

In order to realize the exchange of document file D as shown in FIG. 5, various setting information is referenced. The various setting information is registered by storing it in the setting information storage unit 186 secured in the memory unit 18.

The various types of setting information include usage request setting information, storage setting information, import setting information, distribution management information, and notification management information. All businesses are able to register all setting information. Therefore, all setting information is linked, or associated, with one of the businesses. This association may be achieved by reserving a different storage area for each business, or by adding information that can uniquely identify the business, such as a customer code.

The usage request setting information enables a contracted business to specify a non-contracted business to which it wishes to request the use of this service. To this end, the usage request setting information can be set by each contracted business as necessary. For example, the usage request setting information includes the customer code of the contracted business to be set, as well as information on the non-contracted business that wishes to use this service, such as the business name, department name, and email address. There may be multiple pieces of information on non-contracted businesses.

The email with the embedded link information to the dedicated site is sent to the non-contracted business that entered the information. To do this, the document processing control unit 114 references the usage request setting information to be registered, passes the email address in the usage request setting information to the notification control unit 119, and causes the email to be sent with the link information to the dedicated site embedded in the text. As a result, the non-contracted business can use this service without signing a contract by accessing the dedicated site through the received email and registering for use.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a web page (screen) that displays information on non-contracted business operators who have registered for use based on the use request setting information.
The contracted business can confirm the information actually entered by the non-contracted business that the contracted business requested to use the service. Figure 7 shows an example of the web page that is sent to the contracted business that requested the information confirmation.
When this request is received by the terminal communication unit 19, the received request is output from the terminal communication unit 19 to the CPU 11. The request input to the CPU 11 is passed to the document processing control unit 114 via the distribution control unit 111.

As a result, this web page is generated by the document processing control unit 114 and output to the terminal communication unit 19 via the distribution control unit 111, and is then transmitted to the business terminal used by the contracted business. The company registration information and the usage request setting information are used to generate this web page. Note that a detailed explanation of the operations for requesting transmission of this web page will be omitted.

In FIG. 7, the information for each item of customer code, consent, and receipt date and time is not information entered by the non-contracted business, but information automatically entered by the business registration unit 112 or document processing control unit 114. The receipt date and time is the date and time when the non-contracted business registered for use. For example, the creation date and time in the business registration information is presented to the contracted business as the receipt date and time. Consent is information indicating whether the non-contracted business uses this service, and "Yes" in FIG. 7 indicates that the non-contracted business uses this service. Businesses wishing to enter a contract are not required to enter information regarding this consent. Among the non-contracted businesses requested to use the service in the usage request setting information, "No" is placed as the content of consent for non-contracted businesses that have not registered for use, or have registered for use but whose usage status in the business registration information is not indicating that they are using this service.

By displaying a web page like that shown in FIG. 7, the contracted business that has registered the usage request setting information can check not only the non-contracted business operators that can use this service, but also the non-contracted business operators that do not wish to use this service. This allows the contracted business operator to appropriately exchange document file D with each non-contracted business operator, including non-contracted business operators that have not registered for usage.

Returning to the explanation of various setting information.
The storage setting information specifies a logical hierarchical structure, such as a hierarchical structure of folders, as shown in Fig. 5 for storing document files D in the individual storage area SA. This storage setting information is information input by each business operator. According to this storage setting information, document files D are automatically sorted by department, period, and/or type (attribute) of document file D, and stored in the individual storage area SA.

Contracted businesses can also set access restrictions for each folder. For folders where access restrictions are set, that is, where access restrictions are restricted to which employees can be accessed, it is possible to set, for example, an access ID and password. Such access restrictions can also be set using the storage setting information.

The import setting information enables the AP server 1 to automatically import the document file D. To this end, the import setting information makes it possible to specify the import storage area 36, the timing of the import, and the timing at which the imported document file D can be sent.

The document file D stored in the import storage area 36 is assumed to have its destination specified by automatic recognition of its contents. Therefore, the import setting information does not assume the specification of the destination, etc., of the document file D.

In FIG. 5, the invoice DS can use this automatic recognition. The contract DK is not expected to use automatic recognition, since it is possible that the same contract DK will be sent to multiple different destinations. For this reason, the contract DK needs to specify information that can identify not only the individual storage area SA, but also the folder in which the document file D should actually be stored from among the folders created in a hierarchical structure.

The requirements for exchanging document file D may not be the same for all businesses. For this reason, this service requires each business to register distribution management information, making it possible to respond to differences in requirements between businesses. For this reason, the distribution management information makes it possible to specify the requirements of each target business.

The distribution management information includes, for example, a customer code, a company name, a distribution type, distribution validity, and information already created by the user.
The customer code and company name are automatically input from the company registration information. To enable automatic input from the business registration information, this service provides a search function for businesses with registered company information. This allows businesses to select businesses to which they wish to add distribution management information from among the businesses found by the search function, that is, businesses with which they wish to exchange document files D using this service.

The "user created" is information indicating whether or not a business operator has a contract.
The distribution type and distribution validity indicate the business operator's requests in exchanging the document file D. These two items are the items to be input by the business operator.
The distribution type is information that specifies the distribution method of the document file D for exchange. The content is selected from, for example, "Web" and "mail". "Web" represents the exchange of the document file D via the network N. "Mail" represents the exchange of the document file D in the form of a printed matter by mail or the like. Each business can select the distribution method of the document file D, that is, the exchange method, by inputting this information.
The distribution validity is information indicating whether or not this service is to be used for exchanging document files D. Each business that has registered for use can choose whether or not to use this service based on this information.

The notification management information is used to notify the recipient that a new document file D has been created. In this service, the notification is sent by email. This makes it possible to specify the message template to be inserted into the body of the email, the timing of sending the email, etc., in the notification management information.

It is desirable for the message used for notification to differ depending on the type of document file D. It is also desirable for the timing of sending the email to differ depending on how the document file D is imported. If the document file D is imported automatically, it is desirable for the email to be sent taking into consideration the timing when the document file D will be available for viewing, and if not, it is desirable to send the email according to the urgency of the document file D. For this reason, this service makes it possible to specify message templates and the timing of sending the email depending on the type of document file D and the import method.

This email allows each business to know of the existence of a newly generated document file D addressed to itself without logging in. Therefore, each business can more quickly and easily recognize a newly generated document file D addressed to itself. Including an email address in the business registration information and having non-contracted businesses register their email addresses is intended to enable all businesses using this service to receive such emails.
In this service, the invoice document file D is not included in the notification by email. This is because the invoice is a document that is referenced when the product P is delivered. In other words, each business operator only needs to confirm and view the invoice document file D when the product P is delivered.

The document processing control unit 114 performs processing to respond to the input of various setting information as described above. Any setting information that the business operator instructs to register is passed from the document processing control unit 114 to the setting management unit 117, which stores it in the setting information storage unit 186. The setting information stored in the setting information storage unit 186 is read out by the setting management unit 117 at the instruction of the document processing control unit 114 and passed to the document processing control unit 114. This allows the business operator to not only add setting information to the setting information storage unit 186, but also change (update) the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit 186. Examples of setting information that can be updated include notification management information, import setting information, storage setting information, and distribution management information.

The document processing control unit 114 automatically imports the document file D in accordance with the import setting information. It also imports the document file D uploaded from the business operator terminal in response to a request from the business operator terminal. The document processing control unit 114 changes the content of the processing and control depending on the import method.

As storage conditions, for example, the period during which downloading is permitted and the number of times downloading is permitted can be specified. In this way, the sender can avoid undesirable sending of document file D by specifying storage conditions.

When a business operator uploads a document file D from a business operator terminal, the business operator can also upload individual setting information that can specify the delivery destination (destination) of the document file D and storage conditions, etc. For this reason, when the document processing control unit 114 imports a document file D uploaded from the business operator terminal, the document processing control unit 114 checks whether or not there is individual setting information, and if there is individual setting information, it further checks the contents. As a result, if there is no individual setting information, or if there is individual setting information but the information necessary to determine the storage destination of the document file D is insufficient, the document processing control unit 114 passes the document file D to the automatic division unit 116, which performs automatic character string recognition.

As described above, generating a receipt (modified document file SD) requires stamping a receipt in the stamp area provided on the delivery note. Because of the need to check this stamp area, the delivery note document file D is passed from the document processing control unit 114 to the automatic division unit 116 even if there is sufficient information in the individual setting information to determine the storage location. If there is sufficient information in the individual setting information to determine the storage location, it can be determined from the individual setting information that it is a delivery note document file D.

The actual storage destination is determined by the data management unit 115. For this reason, the data management unit 115 is passed individual setting information from the document processing control unit 114 and the automatic character string recognition results from the automatic division unit 116. The document file D to be stored is passed from the document processing control unit 114 or the automatic division unit 116. The delivery destination of the document file D is specified from the individual setting information or the automatic recognition results. For this reason, the data management unit 115 refers to the delivery destination storage setting information to determine the storage destination of the document file D.

After determining the storage destination, the data management unit 115 passes the document file D to the access control unit 118 and requests the DB server 2 to store the document file D in the determined storage destination. In response, the access control unit 118 transmits, via the DB communication unit 20, the document file D and a request to the DB server 2 to store the document file D in the determined storage destination.

The DB server 2 is equipped with a memory unit 200, which is a storage unit for storing document files D. In the memory unit 200, a company-specific storage unit 201 is provided for each business operator, which is a storage location for document files D. The DB server 2 stores the received document file D in the company-specific storage unit 201 specified from the received request. In each company-specific storage unit 201, multiple folders are created in a hierarchical structure, as shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, the document file D is stored in one of the multiple folders.

In addition to the data management unit 115, the access control unit 118 accesses the DB server 2 via the DB communication unit 20 in response to instructions from the document processing control unit 114. The document file D sent from the DB server 2 in response to the instructions is passed to the data management unit 115 or document processing control unit 114 that issued the instructions.

The data management unit 115 stores the document file D in the DB server 2, generates package information for managing the document file D, and stores the generated package information in the package information storage unit 183 secured in the memory unit 18. The package information generated when storing the document file D includes entity information and storage information. When transmitting the document file D, distribution information is further generated as package information and stored in the package information storage unit 183. Hereinafter, package information will be used as a general term for all of this information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining examples of information related to storage of document files and their relationships.
8, the entity file JF is a file that is actually stored, and the document file D is an example of the entity file JF. The entity file JF also includes a file that stores messages sent by the business operator.

The package information is actually generated before the entity file JF is saved. The entity information JI is information for the direct management of the entity file JF. This entity information JI includes information such as the entity file ID, management status, storage location, file name, file type, file size, storage date and time, and update date and time.

The entity file ID is identification information that can uniquely identify the entity file JF. The management status is information that indicates whether the entity file JF exists, whether sending of the entity file JF is valid, etc. The storage location is information that indicates the storage location where the entity file JF is actually stored. All of these are generated by the data management unit 115.

The individual setting information KS or the storage setting information HS is referenced to identify the storage location. The individual setting information KS is that of the business that sent the actual file JF, and the storage setting information HS is that of the business that sent it. When the destination is identified by automatic recognition, the storage setting information HS is referenced, and when automatic recognition is not used to identify the destination, the individual setting information KS is also referenced. This determines the individual storage area SA in which to store the actual file JF, and, for example, a folder within that individual storage area SA.

The file name, file type, and file size are all information obtained from the entity file JF. The save date and time and update date and time are both information added by the data management unit 115.

Storage information AI is information for managing the storage and exchange of entity files JF. This storage information AI includes information such as the storage information ID, entity file ID, sender company code, recipient company code, registration date and time, registered user ID, storage period, storage expiration date and time, scheduled publication date and time, publication expiration date and time, and maximum number of times of retrieval.

The storage information ID is identification information that can uniquely identify the storage information AI. The entity file ID is the entity file ID stored in the associated entity information JI. The sender company code is the customer code of the business that sent the entity file JF. The destination company code is the customer code of the business that makes the entity file JF available for download. The registration date and time is the date and time when the storage information AI was generated. The registered user ID is the customer code of the business that actually imported the entity file JF. Usually, the registered user ID matches the sender company code. The storage period is the period during which the storage information AI should be stored. The storage expiration date and time is the date and time when the storage information AI can be disposed of. The scheduled release date and time is the scheduled date and time when the entity file JF can be downloaded. The release expiration date and time is the date and time when the entity file JF cannot be downloaded. The maximum number of times that the entity file JF can be downloaded is the number of times that the entity file JF can be downloaded.

The sender company code and registered user ID are automatically identified when the entity file JF is imported. The destination company code is information identified from the individual setting information KS when the entity file JF is imported from a business terminal. The storage period, storage expiration date and time, scheduled publication date and time, publication expiration date and time, etc., and the maximum number of times of retrieval can also be specified by the individual setting information KS.

The sender company code, registered user ID, and destination company code are identified by referring to the company master KM or the company registration information KT. In FIG. 8, only one piece of company registration information KT is shown, but in reality, two or more pieces of company registration information KT may be referenced.

When the entity file JF is automatically imported, the destination company code becomes information that can be identified by automatic recognition. The storage period, storage expiration date and time, scheduled publication date and time, publication expiration date and time, etc., and the maximum number of times of retrieval are information that can be specified by the storage setting information HS. Therefore, all of these are determined by referring to the storage setting information HS.

The storage information AI includes the above information. This makes it possible to identify the linked entity information JI, and by referencing that entity information JI, the linked entity file JF can also be identified. By including the customer mode of the sending business as the sending company code, the sending business can confirm whether the entity file JF it sent has actually been properly imported. This confirmation can also be performed by the receiving business in accordance with the logical structure specified in the storage setting information.

Distribution information DI is information that is generated by downloading an entity file JF or is created in preparation for such downloading, and is used to manage the distribution of the entity file JF by download. This distribution information DI includes information such as the distribution information ID, storage information ID, reception status, sender company code, recipient company code, distribution date and time, number of acquisitions, registration date and time, and update date and time.

In this information, the distribution information ID is identification information that can uniquely identify the distribution information DI. The storage information ID is the storage information ID stored in the storage information AI linked to this distribution information DI. The storage information AI associated with the distribution information DI can be identified by this storage information ID.

The reception status is information that indicates the reception status of the entity file JF by the recipient, and it is possible to check from the reception status whether a download has occurred. The distribution date and time is the date and time when the entity file JF was last downloaded. The number of times acquired is the number of times the entity file JF has actually been downloaded. The registration date and time is the date and time when the distribution information DI was registered. The update date and time is the date and time when the distribution information DI was updated. In the distribution information DI, the distribution date and time is updated when the entity file JF is downloaded, so the update date and time usually match the distribution date and time.

As mentioned above, this service allows the sender to set an upper limit on the number of times an entity file JF can be downloaded. Such download restrictions are implemented using distribution information DI. The upper limit on the number of downloads itself can be specified in both the import setting information and the individual setting information KS.

The operation record information KI is information prepared to enable confirmation of various operations, including downloads to each entity file JF. In addition to, for example, a record ID and creation date and time, this operation record information KI stores operation content information indicating the content of the operation performed on the entity file JF for each operation performed on the entity file JF. The operation content information includes, for example, information such as the operation date and time, the operation type, and the saved information ID.

The operation date and time is the date and time when a management operation was performed on the entity file JF. The saved information ID makes it possible to uniquely identify the entity file JF on which the operation was performed. The operation type is information that indicates the type of operation that was performed. The type of operation includes not only downloading the entity file JF, but also storing the entity file JF, etc.

In this service, by storing the entity file JF, entity information JI, stored information AI, and distribution information DI are generated and stored as package information, and operation record information KI is updated. The distribution information DI and operation record information KI are updated as necessary by operations performed on the stored entity file JF. This makes it possible to download the entity file JF in a format that meets the needs of the sender.

The generation and updating of package information and operation record information KI is also performed by the data management unit 115. In addition to a package information storage unit 183 for storing package information, the memory unit 18 also has an operation record information storage unit 184 for storing operation record information KI. This allows the data management unit 115 to access the memory unit 18 and store the generated or updated package information or operation record information.

The data management unit 115 generates an object list representing downloadable document files D by business operator and attribute, and stores it in the object list storage unit 185 of the memory unit 18. The object list is a file that compiles information such as the storage information ID in the storage information AI, the actual file ID, the sender company code, the recipient company code, the publication deadline date and time, and the maximum number of times it can be obtained, for each downloadable document file D. When a downloadable document file D is stored, or a document file D that is no longer downloadable is generated, the data management unit 115 updates the corresponding object list. The attributes here include, in addition to the type of document, one or more of, for example, viewing restrictions, urgency, the customer code of the sender of the document file D, and content other than the type of document identified from the results of automatic character string recognition.

In the case of a purchase order DH, which is one type of document, it is preferable to include the purchase order number in the attributes, since the purchase order number is identification information that can uniquely identify the purchase order DH.
Delivery notes and receipts are also typically assigned identification information different from the order number. However, delivery notes and receipts usually contain the order number assigned to the corresponding purchase order DH in the form of a character string or a graphic pattern, etc., so that the correspondence with the purchase order DH can be identified. For this reason, it is desirable to include multiple pieces of identification information, including the order number, in the attributes. Here, it is assumed that the attributes of all purchase order DHs, delivery notes, and receipts include the order number.

The correction setting information secured in the memory unit 18 is setting information for specifying corrections to document file D as shown in FIG. 1 and how to handle document file D after correction. Each business can register as many correction setting information as necessary. The document processing control unit 114 makes it possible to register, delete, and update correction setting information. To avoid confusion, from now on, only a delivery note will be considered as a document of document file D that is used as the base.

The modified setting information to be registered is sent from the business operator terminal to the AP server 1, for example together with a request for registration. In this case, the document processing control unit 114 passes the received modified setting information to the setting management unit 117 and instructs it to be stored. As a result, the setting management unit 117 stores the passed modified setting information in the modified setting information storage unit 187. The stored modified setting information is added with management information, such as the customer code of the business operator that requested the registration and identification information that makes the modified setting information uniquely identifiable. With this management information, the document processing control unit 114 allows only the business operator that registered the modified setting information to view, delete, and update the modified setting information.

In this service, the business entity that registers the correction setting information is assumed to be the sender of the invoice document file D. This assumption also includes the assumption that each business entity to which the invoice document file D is sent from the business entity is positioned as a business entity that can correct character strings in the base document file D based on that document file D.
Even the same business may use different formats of delivery notes depending on the delivery destination. In other words, there may be multiple types of delivery notes. It may also be the case that one or more of the businesses to which the delivery note document file D is to be delivered are not allowed to modify the text. For this reason, it is desirable to allow the modification setting information to be registered for each type of delivery note.

As described above, the invoice document file D is subject to automatic recognition using a dictionary by the automatic division unit 116 because of the need to identify the stamp area. Therefore, the dictionary actually used for the automatic recognition of the invoice document file D is also identified. For this reason, when there are multiple types of invoices, the dictionary and the correction setting information are associated with each other, so that the correction setting information to be applied can be changed according to the format of the invoice, etc.
Selectively disallowing modification of character strings by one or more businesses can be achieved, for example, by including in the management information customer codes of businesses that allow or disallow modification of character strings.

Here, in order to avoid confusion and to facilitate understanding, it is assumed that each business creates one type of delivery note, and that each business to which an invoice is sent is able to modify the text string.
The correction setting information is information that is referenced when transmitting the document file D of the corresponding delivery note. The correction setting information specifies the transmission form of the document file D, the operation content for the document file D, the range of modifications that can be made to the document file D, and the handling of the document file D after modification, etc. As a result, the correction setting information makes it possible to generate a modified document file SD based on the document file D, as shown in Fig. 1. Specific examples of the contents of the correction setting information will be described later.

The document processing control unit 114 passes necessary information to the data management unit 115 and instructs it to generate or update package information. It also obtains necessary package information, storage setting information HS, or correction setting information through the data management unit 115, and performs control using the obtained information. As a result, the document processing control unit 114 imports the entity file JF, manages the imported entity file JF, and performs operations on the entity file JF including downloading in accordance with the sender's requests. Operations in accordance with the sender's requests include creating and sending a web page on which an image represented by the delivery note document file D is placed, and storing a corrected document file SD that reflects correction information uploaded from the business terminal that sent the web page. The image represented by the delivery note document file D is placed on the web page as an image of a receipt.

Package information is combined with the entity file JF and is essential information for managing the entity file JF. Therefore, the package information storage unit 183 for storing package information is a storage area shared by each individual storage area SA. In other words, each individual storage area SA is realized by the package information storage unit 183 and each company-specific storage unit 201 secured in the memory unit 200. Each individual storage area SA may be one or more physically divided areas or storage, rather than one or more logically divided areas.

The data management unit 115 determines the storage destination of the document file D by referring to the storage setting information HS of the delivery destination specified in the individual setting information KS or identified from the automatic character string recognition result. The data management unit 115 then causes the DB server 2 to store the document file D in the determined storage destination via the access control unit 118. Meanwhile, the data management unit 115 further refers to the company master KM and company registration information KT to generate at least entity information JI and storage information AI, and update the operation record information KI.

Next, a method for correcting the contents of the delivery note will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page on which an image represented by a document file of an invoice is arranged.
This Web page can be broadly divided into three display areas HR1 to HR3.
The display area HR1 is an area in which information representing invoices that have been processed or are to be processed is displayed in a list. The user can select a desired invoice from the displayed list of invoices. The selection can be performed, for example, by clicking on the line in which the information for the desired invoice is located.
The information on the delivery note displayed in the list includes the delivery date, the name of the delivery company, the name of the company that received the order, the name of the company that placed the order, the customer code (company code), the delivery date, and the date and time of the invoice. In Fig. 9, a slide-type on/off button is located at the left end of the list. This button is used by the user to switch between whether or not the item has been processed.

An image of the receipt generated from the document file D is displayed in the display area HR2. The image has the same contents as the delivery note. Therefore, the user can actually refer to the delivery note and inspect the delivered goods.
In the image, there are a plurality of character strings representing delivery-related information, a plurality of character strings representing delivery product information, and a seal portion (seal area) JR. The plurality of character strings representing the delivery product information are arranged in rows in a table format. Thus, FIG. 9 shows that a plurality of pieces of delivery product information exist on the delivery note.

The delivery note contains the order number and the slip number as identification information. The order number is the identification information assigned to the corresponding purchase order DH, and the slip number is the identification number assigned to the delivery note by the order-receiving company. These identification information also exist as character strings in the image of the receipt, as shown in Figure 9.
The multiple character strings representing the delivery product information include character strings representing the product code, product name, quantity, and unit. The character string "Delivery Note/Receipt" is placed in the image as the document title. Three buttons B1 to B3 are placed outside the image for various instructions.

The character string "Delivery note and receipt" is a character string that is placed as a result of performing an operation specified by the correction setting information. The original character string is, for example, "Delivery note". By referencing the correction setting information, the document processing control unit 114 updates the character string "Delivery note" to the character string "Delivery note and receipt", and generates and transmits a Web page on which the updated character string "Delivery note and receipt" is placed. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the character string "Delivery note" corresponds to the first character string, and the character string "Delivery note and receipt" corresponds to the second character string.
The correction setting information specifies which character strings in the image can be corrected. The automatic correction of the character string "Delivery Note" to the character string "Delivery Note and Receipt" is also performed by specifying the correction setting information. The correction setting information includes various information related to these corrections. The "Edit" button B1 is a button for making it possible to correct the character string.
By automatically correcting the title from the character string "Delivery Note" to the character string "Delivery Note and Receipt", the number of character strings to be corrected by the user is reduced. In addition, the title enables the user to properly recognize the type of document that he or she is correcting. Note that the character strings that are the subject of automatic correction are not limited to the title. In addition, the number of character strings may be two or more.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page in which a character string can be corrected.
When the user clicks on the "Edit" button B1, the display form of the modifiable character strings changes, as shown in Fig. 10. For each modifiable character string, the display field DF in which that character string is placed as data is highlighted in a display form that is distinguishable from the others. In this way, this service allows the user to visually confirm the modifiable character strings and the display fields DF in which they are placed, making it easier to identify the character strings to be corrected.

In FIG. 10, a dashed rectangle represents a display field DF in which there is a string that can be modified. This display field DF is an input field into which a string can be input, and the string that exists in the input field can be modified. Furthermore, in a display field DF in which no string exists, it is possible to input a string. This allows the user to select the display field DF as an input field and modify the string that they wish to modify or add a string. The display field DF can be selected as an input field by clicking, etc. Hereinafter, to avoid confusion, the display field DF will be referred to as the "input field DF."

When the text can be modified, a "Cancel" button B6 is provided in place of the "Modify" button B1. This "Cancel" button B6 is a button for instructing the user to return to a state in which the text cannot be modified. Clicking the "Cancel" button B6 invalidates any modifications to the text and any stamp of receipt made up until that point, and the web page returns to the state shown in FIG.
The "Register" button B2 is a button for instructing uploading of the contents of the image, for example. The contents of the image, that is, various character strings and a receipt stamp stamped at the stamp location JR, etc., are uploaded from the carrier terminal to the AP server 1 as correction information.
The "Stamp" button B3 is a button for instructing to stamp a receipt stamp at the stamp location JR or to delete the stamped receipt stamp.
Clicking on this "Stamp" button B3 causes a receipt stamp to be stamped (displayed) at the stamp location JR. The stamped receipt stamp can be deleted by clicking on the "Stamp" button B3. If no receipt stamp has been stamped, clicking on the "Register" button B2 is invalid. Therefore, even if information showing the difference from the original content is used as the correction information, the correction information includes an image of the receipt stamp. As a result, the receipt stored as the corrected document file SD will have a receipt stamp stamped on it.

When displaying a receipt stamp, the business operator terminal, for example, requests an image of the receipt stamp from the AP server 1 and obtains the image from the AP server 1. For this reason, business operators who may affix a receipt stamp are required to register an electronic seal to be used as the receipt stamp. A detailed explanation of the registration of an electronic seal is omitted.

The display area HR3 is used to display an image of the purchase order DH that corresponds to the delivery note document file D. The "Display" button B4 located above the display area HR3 is a button for instructing the display of the image of the purchase order DH. The "Delete" button B5 is a button for instructing the deletion of the displayed image.
The document file D of the purchase order DH corresponds to the third document file in this embodiment. In cases where a delivery note is created in accordance with the contents of the contract DK, the third document file may be the document file D of the contract DK. For this reason, there may be multiple options for the third document file.

The product P to be delivered is a product ordered by the ordering company 4. When the document file D of the purchase order DH is exchanged using this service, the document file D is stored in an individual storage area SA of the order-receiving company 3. A delivery note usually contains identification information that can uniquely identify the purchase order DH, such as the order number, as a character string, so that the correspondence with the purchase order DH can be specified. This means that the document file of the purchase order DH that corresponds to the delivery note can be specified by including, in the conditions for the dictionary registered for the document file D of the delivery note, the specification of the character string area MR in which the character string representing the order number exists.
The purchase order DH itself is a document created by the ordering company 4, to which the delivery note document file D is to be sent. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine that any problems would arise by presenting the contents of the purchase order DH to the ordering company 4. For this reason, this service makes it possible to display an image of the purchase order DH in the display area HR3.

The order number in the document file D of the delivery note has already been identified, and the customer code of the business that sent the document file D has also been identified. For this reason, when a request is made from the business terminal to display an image of the purchase order DH, the document processing control unit 114 passes, for example, information on the sending business's customer code, order number, and document type to the data management unit 115 and instructs it to extract the document file D. As a result, the data management unit 115, for example, refers to an object list and identifies the document file D that has the customer code, order number, and document type specified by the document processing control unit 114 as attributes. The document in the document file D identified in this way is the purchase order DH that corresponds to the delivery note. The customer code is specified because order numbers are assigned individually by each business, and therefore it is possible that multiple businesses may use the same order number.

Thereafter, the data management unit 115 acquires the document file D of the purchase order DH specified by that information from the DB server 2 via the access control unit 118 , and passes the acquired document file D to the document processing control unit 114 .
This allows the document processing control unit 114 to transmit the image of the purchase order form DH to be transmitted to the business terminal. The business terminal then displays the image thus transmitted in the display area HR3.

Incidentally, the document file D of the purchase order DH can be specified without referring to the object list.
For example, among the folders created in the individual storage area SA, the folder in which the target document file D is stored can be identified from the document type and the order number. The target document file D can be extracted from the identified folder by, for example, using automatic character string recognition to identify the document file D in which the specified customer code and order number both exist as character strings.
For this reason, the method of identifying a target document file D such as the document file D of the purchase order DH is not particularly limited. In other words, various modifications are possible.

An image of the purchase order DH represented by the document file D identified and extracted as described above is placed in the display area HR3. In terms of content, the contents of the purchase order DH are the same as those of the delivery note, or the contents of the delivery note are a part of the contents of the purchase order DH. This is because there may be cases where the products specified in the purchase order DH are delivered in multiple shipments.
However, delivery of product P is performed based on an order placed using a purchase order DH. Therefore, when an image of the purchase order DH corresponding to the delivery note is displayed in the display area HR3, the user can compare the image and more easily check whether the contents of the delivery note are appropriate. This also makes it easier to identify character strings that are inappropriate for the purchase order DH. Through such a check, the user can therefore easily check whether the products that should have been delivered, including the quantity, have actually been delivered. This provides greater convenience for the user.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display after an input field is selected.
When the user selects any of the input fields DF, a pop-up PU is displayed in which the character string in that input field DF is arranged, as shown in Fig. 11. In addition to the character string in the input field DF selected by the user, an input field NF for inputting a corrected character string, an "OK" button B11, and a "Cancel" button B12 are arranged on the pop-up PU.

As a result, after the user has entered the corrected string into the input field NF, the user can correct the string in the selected input field DF by clicking the "OK" button B11. The "Cancel" button B12 is a button for instructing the user to cancel the string correction. Therefore, when the user clicks the "Cancel" button B12, the string in the input field DF selected by the user is not corrected and remains the original string.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page after one character string has been corrected.
In Fig. 12, the input field DF in which the character string has been corrected is shown by a dashed-dotted rectangle. This is because the input field DF in which the character string has not been corrected is further highlighted in a different display form. In this service, the input field DF in which the character string has been corrected is highlighted in a different display form, making it possible to visually identify the corrected character string and to easily check the content of the correction. By making it easy to recheck, it is expected that the occurrence of correction errors will be further reduced.

The document processing control unit 114 realizes the display of each web page, for example, as shown in Figures 9 to 12. In other words, it processes requests sent from the business terminal, sends images of the purchase order DH, changes the display form of the input fields DF, and creates and sends pop-ups PU. As a result, the user can effectively compare the purchase order DH with the delivery note, and can correct any text on the receipt that is found to be inappropriate during inspection.

The operator terminal that receives the web page allows the user to modify the text on the image by operating an input device, such as a keyboard, and transmits the result of the modification to the AP server 1 as modification information. For this reason, the modification means and modification information transmission means of this embodiment are realized on the operator terminal. Both of these means are realized by the CPU installed in the operator terminal executing a browser that runs on the OS.

9 to 12 are merely examples, and the web pages to be displayed and the manner in which the web pages are transitioned are not particularly limited. For example, when correcting a character string, the character string may be corrected without displaying a pop-up PU. For this reason, the process for correcting the character string may be performed by the business operator's terminal. However, the business operator's terminal needs to transmit correction information or similar information to the AP server 1 so that it can be confirmed whether or not a receipt stamp has been affixed, in other words, so that it can be confirmed whether or not a corrected document file SD may be generated.
In this embodiment, a revised document file SD of a receipt is generated from a document file D of a delivery note, but not only is the document of the document file D not limited to a delivery note, the document of the revised document file SD is also not limited to a receipt.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an image of an invoice in another format, and Fig. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an image of another document generated based on an invoice in another format.
The invoice, an example of which is shown in FIG. 13, lists delivery product information including the quantity, unit price, amount, and item number for each product.
The quantity is the number of items to be delivered. The unit price is the price for one item, the amount is the price for the quantity, and the detail number is the number assigned to the item.
By showing the price for each item, the invoice shows the total price for all the items being delivered.

The total corresponds to the billed amount to be paid by the business entity (ordering company 4). For this reason, this type of delivery note format can also be used for an invoice DS. This means that an invoice DS can be generated based on that delivery note. As a result, an invoice DS based on a delivery note can be generated, as shown in FIG. 14. In that invoice DS, the character string representing the title is changed from the character string "Delivery note" to the character string "Delivery note and invoice", so that it can be confirmed from the title that it is an invoice DS.
For this reason, the two documents that are related to each other and have most of the same character strings are not limited to a combination of an invoice and a receipt. For example, the combination of two documents may be a combination in which at least one of the invoice and the receipt is a different type of document.

The receiving company, to which the receipt is sent as a modified document file SD, can also identify the purchase order DH that corresponds to the receipt from the order number, just as the ordering company can identify the document file D of the purchase order DH. For this reason, this service sends a web page on which two images, the receipt and the purchase order DH, are displayed at the request of the receiving company. This makes it easier for the receiving company to check the contents of the receipt by comparing the purchase order and the receipt. The web page is sent at the request of the receiving company because it is thought that there is less demand for the contents of the receipt to be immediately viewable compared to a delivery note.

In this embodiment, an individual storage area SA is prepared for each business operator, and the storage destination of document files D, including document files D and aggregated document files D, is selected from within the individual storage area SA. In the individual storage area SA, a storage location for document files D can be created as necessary in accordance with the storage setting information HS. However, the storage destination does not have to be such an individual storage area SA. The storage destination may be determined by having the business operator select from multiple storage locations in storage prepared in advance, for example. For this reason, the storage destination is not particularly limited.

In this embodiment, the document file D of the purchase order DH is identified and its image is transmitted in response to a request from the business operator terminal. However, the image may be transmitted automatically rather than in response to a request from the business operator terminal. For example, a web page on which both an image of the receipt and an image of the purchase order DH are arranged may be created and transmitted. After the web page on which only the image of the receipt is arranged is transmitted, the image of the purchase order DH may be transmitted as soon as it becomes possible to transmit the image of the purchase order DH. For this reason, the timing of transmitting the image of the purchase order DH and the timing of identifying the document file D of the purchase order DH are not particularly limited.

If the content of the receipt can be modified by the ordering company (consignee), the ordering company may modify it to an inappropriate content. For this reason, the receiving company (shipper) or related parties may be allowed to confirm the content of the receipt that the ordering company intends to register before the ordering company registers the receipt. For example, the contact information (e.g., telephone number) of the person in charge of the delivery of the product at the receiving company may be displayed or made displayable to the ordering company, so that the person in charge can be contacted more easily. Alternatively, the delivery company that delivered the product P may be allowed to confirm the inspection result by the ordering company and stamp the delivery company's receipt. In order to enable the stamping, a web page may be made available to the delivery company, and the ordering company may be allowed to modify the text and stamp the receipt on the terminal on which the delivery company receives the web page.
Whichever method is adopted, it is expected that the probability of the receipt being inappropriate will be reduced.

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Claims (7)

a first terminal used by a first business operator that is an order-receiving business operator , a second terminal used by a second business operator that is an order-placing business operator that exchanges electronic document files with the first business operator, and an information processing device that communicates with the first terminal and the second terminal to realize the exchange of the document files;
The information processing device includes:
a page creation means for creating a Web page in which, when a first document file, which is a document related to delivery in response to an order from the second business operator, is received from the first terminal, an image of the received first document file is arranged in a state in which content, including character strings present on the image, can be modified;
a page transmission control means for transmitting the Web page created by the page creation means to the second terminal;
a storage control means for storing, when receiving correction information representing a result of correction made to the content on the image from the second terminal that has received the Web page from the page transmission control means, the first document file reflecting the correction information as a second document file that is a document related to receipt ;
a file transmission control means for transmitting the second document file stored by the storage control means to the first terminal,
The first terminal comprises:
Transmitting the first document file to the information processing device and receiving the second document file from the information processing device ;
The second terminal comprises:
a correction means for correcting the content arranged on the image of the Web page received from the information processing device by an operation on an input device;
and a correction information transmitting means for transmitting the correction information representing a result of the correction made to the content on the image by the correction means to the information processing device .
Information processing system. the second terminal displays the character string that can be modified on the image in a form different from other character strings;
The information processing system according to claim 1 . The second terminal displays the modified character string on the image in yet another form.
The information processing system according to claim 2 . the information processing device further includes an automatic correction unit that corrects a first character string, which is included in advance in the first document file as a title indicating a type of the first document file, into a second character string including the first character string;
the page creation means places the second character string corrected by the automatic correction means on the web page as a part of the image.
4. The information processing system according to claim 1. the storage control means stores , in addition to the first document file and the second document file, other document files exchanged between the first terminal and the second terminal ;
the information processing device further includes a file specifying means for specifying a third document file, which is a document related to the order and corresponds to the first document file , among the other document files exchanged between the first terminal and the second terminal before receiving the first document file from the first terminal;
the page transmission control means transmits an image of the third document file identified by the file identification means to the second terminal;
when the second terminal receives an image of the third document file from the information processing device , the second terminal displays the image on the web page.
5. The information processing system according to claim 1. the storage control means determines storage destinations for the document files including the first document file and the third document file by using an automatic recognition result of a character string present in the document files exchanged between the first terminal and the second terminal ;
the file identification means identifies the storage location where the third document file is stored from the type of the first document file, and extracts the third document file from the identified storage location using the automatic recognition result.
The information processing system according to claim 5 . a page creation means for creating a Web page in which an image of a first document file , which is a document related to delivery in response to an order from a second business entity, which is an ordering business entity, received from a first terminal used by a first business entity, which is an order receiving business entity, is arranged in a state in which contents including character strings present on the image can be modified;
a page transmission control means for transmitting the web page created by the page creation means to a second terminal used by the second business operator;
a storage control means for storing, when receiving correction information representing a result of correction made to the content on the image from the second terminal that has received the Web page from the page transmission control means, the first document file reflecting the correction information as a second document file that is a document related to receipt ;
a file transmission control means for transmitting the second document file stored by the storage control means to the first terminal;
An information processing device comprising:

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