JPH06334684A - Electronic information circulation processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the alteration and forged approval, etc., of a circulating document and to correctly execute a circulation processing by providing layout information in circulation electronic information, performing control by a layout area control list and further providing a circulating document processing function in an information processor. CONSTITUTION:A preparing person (Nakai) who prepared document contents 16 can correct and write a stamp and a signature in an area A. The next circulating person (Higashino) can write in the areas A and B, a document content area 16 and a comment column area 17, however, can not correct or edit the contents of the area 16. At this point of time, the circulating person, Higashino, is prohibited from writing an approval stamp and the signature, etc. Similar area control is performed for the next circulating person (Sugie) as well. By controlling the areas of the electronic document 11 in such a manner, the alteration and the forged approval, etc., of the circulating document can be prevented and also document circulation can be correctly executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computerized information circulation processing system for processing, browsing, and approval (sign) transfer of computerized information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an output screen of a conventional computerized information processing apparatus. A mailbox is opened in the upper window 2 in the information processing output screen 1. Circulation documents transferred from an external information processing device are accumulated in the unprocessed box 3. The unprocessed box 3 is opened, the transferred electronic document is selected, and the opened electronic document 4 is displayed in the lower window 5. When the document content 6 is viewed, the approval unit 7 of the circulation destination is marked and signed. afterwards,
When the electronic document 4 is selected and placed in the processed box 8 in the upper window 2, it is automatically transferred to the next circulation destination. When the document processing is put on hold, it is automatically stored by putting it in the hold box 9.

[0003]

The first problem in the conventional electronic document processing of FIG. 2 is that the reader "Nakai" can sign not only the approval section 7 but also the approval section 10. It is possible to skip the "Higashino" reader. In addition, the document content 6 can be modified and altered. The second problem is that the next transfer may occur without the approval stamp. Countermeasures against these problems were major issues in the electronic document circulation system. It is necessary to process the information according to the purpose of the circulation document.

[0004]

The first problem can be solved by giving layout information to computerized information and controlling the area that can be read, written and modified for each reader. The second problem is that the information processing device is a circulation document, and a circulation document determination function for determining whether transfer is required next, a confirmation function for confirming whether there is an approval stamp, and data up to the present time. This can be solved by providing a circulation document processing function having a falsification prevention processing function for protecting the

[0005]

Since the information processable area is controlled according to the purpose of the circulation document, the circulation processing can be correctly executed. Further, the circulation document processing function can correctly process and transfer the digitized information after information processing.

[0006]

1 is an output screen of an information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The digitized document 11 has layout information, and has an area A for entering a circulation destination and comments.
12, B, 13, C, 14, D, 15 and the document content area 16 and the comment area 17 under the document are controlled. Reading and writing of these areas are controlled by the layout area control table data of FIG.

The creator "Nakai" who created the document contents 16 can correct and write the mark and signature in the area A. The next reader "Higashino" can read the areas A and B, the document content area 16, and the comment field 17 and can write in the area B, the document content area 16 and the comment field 17,
The contents of the document area cannot be modified or edited. At this time, "Higashino" is prohibited from writing approval marks, signatures, etc. in the areas A, B, C and D. Next reader “Sugie”
The same area control is also applied to. Here 18,1
Reference numerals 9 and 20 are boxes corresponding to 3, 8 and 9 in FIG.

As described above, by controlling the area of the digitized document, it is possible not only to prevent the circulation document from being tampered with, but also to perform the document circulation correctly.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for realizing the first embodiment. The digitized information having layout information sent from another information processing device is the information input / output control terminal 22.
Is stored in the device 23 having the unprocessed information storage function. This corresponds to the functionality of the raw mailbox 18 of FIG. Next, the circulation document is processed (marked, signed, and commented) by the device 24 having the information processing function, and the transfer-pending document is stored in the device 25 having the information storage function.
This corresponds to the hold mailbox 20 of FIG. The document to be transferred next is stored in the device 26 having the processed information storing function and then sent to the device 27 having the circulating document processing function. This corresponds to the processed mailbox 19 of FIG. The circulation document determined by the device 28 having the circulation document determination function is checked by the device 29 having the approval confirmation function for a signature, and then the device 30 having the function of recognizing and transferring the next circulation destination. Via terminal 2
It is transferred from 2 to the next information processing device 31 and circulated. Here, the device 32 having a falsification preventing function is a device for preventing the next reader from correcting the data up to the time before being transferred to the next reader, and can be selected according to the contents of the document.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a high function terminal device 33 having a function of inputting to the information processing apparatus of the first embodiment, and an embodiment of the overall configuration of the system is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 34 is an information processing device electrically connected to the network 35, and 36 is a keyboard terminal device having an input function,
Reference numeral 37 is a high function input terminal device shown at 33 in FIG. Three
According to 3, the function equivalent to the mouse having the conventional information selection function can be achieved by 38. Further, the simple key input function 39 allows writing of a signature, a mark, etc. corresponding to a preset code on a document. In addition, the handwriting input function 40 allows a handwritten signature to be input from the terminal. With this terminal 33, it is possible to easily and easily perform the processing required for the circulation document. Obviously, the form of the device for realizing the functions of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a notice circulation document, and corresponds to FIG. Since the approval data is only added to the approval areas A, B, C, D of the circulation destination in the notification circulation document 41, the layout area control can be read and written for each area in the control table of FIG. .
The document content area is only read, and writing is prohibited.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the circulation of a document 42 produced jointly, and the layout area control table of FIG. 10 enables read / write control for each area. In the document 42 jointly created, the document content area 43 is further divided into areas E, 44, F, 45, G and 46, the area E is a "Nakai" creation area, and the areas F and G are the next readers " This is the area created by Higashino “Sugie”.

FIG. 11 is a circular document 4 for peer review of the present invention.
This is an embodiment applied to the example 7, and the layout area control table of FIG. 12 enables read / write control for each area. For review, the document content area 48 and the comment area 49 can be modified, read and written by all readers.

In the above embodiments, the processing related to the circulation document is described, but the processing that can be performed by the conventional information processing system is applied to the processing system of the present invention regardless of the present invention. Further, it is obvious that the present invention can be applied regardless of the form and configuration of the device.

[0015]

In the computerized information circulation processing system of the present invention, the circulation computerized information is provided with layout information for processing,
Since the editing area can be controlled, correct information circulation can be performed. Furthermore, since the routine function related to circulation can be automatically set, information circulation work can be performed easily and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an information processing device output screen according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an output screen of a conventional computerized information processing device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a functional configuration that realizes the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of layout area control.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an embodiment of a high-performance terminal device having a function of inputting information to the information processing device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of the overall configuration of the system.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a notification circulation document.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a layout area control table for FIG. 7 embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a document circulation co-created.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a layout area control table for the embodiment of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a circulation document for peer review.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a layout area control table for the embodiment of FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Output screen of information processing device of the present invention, 2, 5 ... Window in screen, 18, 19, 20 ... Box for storing and processing unprocessed, processed, and pending mail in mailbox, 11 ... Layout information Digitized document to have, 12-1
7 ... Control area in the document.

Front page continued (72) Inventor Yoshio Shimura, 1-280, Higashi Koikeku, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor, Junichi Higano, 1-280, Higashi Koikeku, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Hitachi, Ltd. Central Research Laboratory

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function such as processing and display of electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function of processed information, The computerized information circulation processing system, wherein the computerized information has layout information for controlling writing area designation, writer designation, viewer designation, etc. for each area. 2. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function for processing and displaying electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function for processed information, A digitized information circulation processing system having table information for setting layout information for controlling writing area designation, writer designation, viewer designation, etc. for each area of the digitized information. 3. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function for processing and displaying electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function for processed information, An electronic information circulation processing system, wherein the information processing function has a function of processing layout information for controlling writing area designation, writer designation, viewer designation, etc. for each area of the digitized information. 4. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function for processing and displaying electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function for processed information, The information processing function has a function of processing table information for setting layout information for controlling writing area designation, writer designation, viewer designation, etc. for each area of the digitized information. Information circulation processing system. 5. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function for processing and displaying electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function for processed information, The circulation information processing function is
A function for determining whether the digitized information is circulation information,
A computerized information circulation processing system having a function of confirming that there is approval information for the computerized information and a function of recognizing and transmitting the next circulation destination information. 6. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function such as processing and display of electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function of processed information, The circulation information processing function is
A function for determining whether the digitized information is circulation information,
Characterized by having a function of confirming that there is approval information for the digitized information, a tampering prevention processing function that prevents the digitized information from being tampered with later, and a function of recognizing and transmitting the next circulation destination information. A computerized information circulation processing system. 7. An electronic information circulation processing system including an information processing function such as processing and display of electronic information, an input function for processing information, an information storage function, and a circulation information processing function of processed information, The input function is performed by a keyboard terminal required for information processing and a high function input terminal, and the high function input terminal includes at least a function of selecting information in the display screen, a handwriting information input function, and a keyboard input function. A characteristic electronic information circulation processing system. 8. The electronic device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, wherein said computerized information circulation processing system is electrically connected to another computerized information circulation processing system by a network. Information circulation processing system.