KR101603989B1 - Document managing system enabling files and folders in pcs and file server to be lent and returned - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a rental return system including a reference document management server for storing and managing a folder or a file which is a target of rental or return. Here, the rental return agent on the management server side installed in the reference document management server may include a transmission / reception unit for receiving a rental application for a folder or a file; And if the rental application is received, confirms whether rental of the folder or file requested to be rented is possible, and if it is a rental application with respect to a folder or file that can be rented, the rental target information and the rental route information are transmitted through the transmission / And a rental return management unit that transmits a return request to the terminal of the rental location through the transmission / reception unit when the maximum allowed rental period according to the predetermined rental and return policy has expired.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a document managing method for renting and returning files and folders to a PC and a file server. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention < RTI ID = 0.0 >

When a company or an organization uses a file server, a document management system, a knowledge management system, a drawing management system, or the like for knowledge management, it rents files and folders to a PC or a file server And more particularly, More specifically, in a file server, a document management system, a knowledge management system, and a drawing management system, a folder or a batch of data is rented to a user's PC or a network file server to view, modify, and create documents on a rented PC or a file server And when the rental period is requested or the lender applies for early return, the folder is returned to the original position where the folder is rented.

A corporation or organization creates various office documents, CAD drawings, program source codes, etc. on a personal PC and shares electronic files with colleagues or superiors when necessary. If sharing frequency is intermittent, e-mail, groupware, and USB are used. However, file server, EDMS, KMS, drawing management system, and configuration management system are used for frequent sharing and collaborative work.

In the case of a configuration management system that generally manages changes to the program source code, it is supported only when the source code is a text file. Therefore, when the data format itself is a binary format that can be understood for each program, such as an office or CAD, the change history can not be understood by the configuration management system, so a general file server or a knowledge management system (KMS, EDMS, PLM, etc.) And establish a document sharing and collaborative environment. In addition, common members copy files that have been worked on a PC to a file server or knowledge management system (hereinafter collectively referred to as a reference document management server) promising to use them for sharing and collaboration purposes.

However,

If you modify the document on the PC during the process and do not re-register the changes to the reference document management server, you will not be able to know where the stored document is final or other colleagues.

In addition, a colleague who already uses data uploaded to the reference document management server can copy the data acquired from the reference document management server to a personal PC or copy it to a network file server to collaborate with other colleagues, Although it is necessary to re-register to the original location where the original copy was made after various operations such as reading, modifying, and generating the data, there are many omissions in the final data update.

In addition, if company members are scattered across headquarters and branch offices locally, it is virtually impossible to collaborate with a single reference document management server. Given the speed of the network, there is no way for a file server for collaboration to be configured for each region, and the details of the work done by the file server can not be automatically re-registered with the company's reference document management server.

In this case, the reliability of the standard document management server (file server, EDMS, KMS, PLM, etc.) system of the entire company is greatly deteriorated, and the members are becoming unreliable system.

Therefore, new document sharing and collaborative methods are needed to ensure that the work performers smoothly generate documents in the personal PC or near file server while the job process does not cause data separation from the reference document management server.

When a document or drawing work is performed between members on the basis of a file server connected to a PC or a PC, data is rented to the PC or the corresponding file server in a folder basis in the reference document management server. When the job is completed or the rental period ends The data is automatically returned to the position of the leased folder of the reference document management server.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rental return system including a reference document management server for storing and managing a folder or a file which is a target of rental or return.

Here, the rental return agent on the management server side installed in the reference document management server may include a transmission / reception unit for receiving a rental application for a folder or a file; And if the rental application is received, confirms whether rental of the folder or file requested to be rented is possible, and if it is a rental application with respect to a folder or file that can be rented, the rental target information and the rental route information are transmitted through the transmission / And a rental return management unit that transmits a return request to the terminal of the rental location through the transmission / reception unit when the maximum allowed rental period according to the predetermined rental and return policy has expired.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a user-side rental return agent installed in the user's personal terminal and communicatively coupled to the management server-side rental return agent,

Wherein the user-side rental return agent comprises: a data search inquiry unit connected to the reference document management server for searching and inquiring data of a folder or a file to be borrowed or returned; And a rental return management unit for requesting rental of the inquired data through the data search inquiry unit and returning the expired data to the original storage location of the reference document management server.

In one embodiment, the rental return management unit in the user-side rental return agent can perform deletion on the rental data remaining in the user terminal upon completion of returning the personal rental data.

In one embodiment, the management server-side rental return agent comprises a public rental file server that stores at least one of the IP address, network port, and directory path values of the public rental file server for registration of at least one public rental file server. Further comprising a registration unit,

The rental return management unit in the management server side rental return agent, when receiving a public rental request for specific data from the user-side rental return agent, transmits the rental target information and the rental route information according to the common rental application to the user To the public rental file server so that rental to the public rental file server can be made.

In one embodiment, the system includes a public rental return agent interconnected with the management server side and the user side rental return agents and installed in the public rental file server,

The common rental return agent includes a common rental return management unit for receiving rental route information, rental object information, rental period information, and rental information on rental data from the management server side rental return agent and downloading the rental data .

In one embodiment, the common rental return management unit returns the data for which the rental period of the shared rental data has expired to the original storage location of the reference document management server, and when the return of the shared rental data is completed, And delete the rental data remaining on the rental file server.

In one embodiment, when the public rental is completed, the public rental return agent provides a storage space for public rental in the form of a network drive to the user of the public rental service and the user of the public rental service to which the public rental service is to be performed Further comprising a network drive service section,

The user-side rental return agent may further include a common rental data connection unit for performing connection with the storage space for the common rental through the network drive provided by the network drive service unit when the common rental is completed .

In one embodiment, the rental return management unit in the management server side rental return agent,

You may register changes in the rental status with respect to the completed or returned data, and you may not allow any other user to re-rent the leased data.

In one embodiment, the rental return management unit on the management server side or the user side rental return agent may select an icon corresponding to the corresponding data item so that the rented completion state and the rentable state, or the return complete state and the pre- It can be changed visually according to the state.

In one embodiment, the rental return management unit and the shared rental return management unit in the user-side rental return agent transmit the data finally stored at the rental expiration date of the rental data to the management server side rental return agent, A file or a subfolder newly created in the folder may be transmitted to the rental return agent on the management server side.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, documents that are frequently browsed or reused in business processes are rented and returned smoothly based on the standard document management system of the company.

Also, according to the embodiment of the present invention, documents borrowed from the reference document management system are placed in the PC and the network file server, which are the work execution environments, and after the correction work is completed by the operator, the documents are re- , The final updated document can be automatically arranged.

In addition, according to the embodiments of the present invention, a geographically dispersed organization can achieve a comprehensive knowledge management between a head office and a branch office, and a smooth business execution environment for each business region or each party.

FIG. 1 shows an overall workflow for a document management system for renting and returning files and folders to a PC and a file server.
FIG. 2 illustrates a structure of a personal rental PC apparatus, a reference document management server apparatus, and a common rental file server apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an application for a rental according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows an embodiment in which "1. Proposed background" folder rental is selected as personal rental, a rental period is selected, and reason for application is described.
FIG. 5 is an example in which a lock-like lock is implemented so that another user can not rent it after the "1. Proposed Background" folder rental application is made.
Figure 6 is an embodiment showing the current rental list and status.
FIG. 7 is an example in which the personal renting of the folder under the data search structure in the reference document management server is completed.
8 shows an example in which the folder created by the user in the rented folder is created and the corresponding folder is not returned.
FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of the user interface screen at the time of completion of returning.
10 is an embodiment in which a public rental application is started.
11 is an example of a screen in which a lock is set so that another user can not be rented to a folder that has been publicly rented in the reference document management system after public rental.
12 shows an embodiment in which a folder under the data search structure in the reference document management server is rented and locked and the corresponding folder is rented to a network drive.
13 is an embodiment showing that the first folder in the reference document management system is a personal rental, and the fourth folder is a common rental.
FIG. 14 shows an embodiment in which a lender returns a shared rental to a renter before the rental period.
Fig. 15 is an embodiment in which the folder to which the public loan has been borrowed is returned to the borrowed original position of the reference document management system.
FIG. 16 is an example of a screen in which a lock automatically disappears in a folder that has been shared since returning the common rental.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. It should be understood, however, that the invention can be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but includes modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known related arts will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily obscured.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms "a "," module ", and the like in the description mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which means that it can be implemented by one or more hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a basic structure of a rental and return system in which document management is automatically performed when a document provided by a file server, a knowledge management system, a document management system, a drawing management system, or the like is reproduced in a PC and a file server. FIG. 1 illustrates a network structure to which a document management apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram of a personal rental PC apparatus, a reference document management server apparatus, and a public rental file server apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a personal rental PC apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a user authentication unit 110, a data search inquiry unit 120, a transceiver unit 130, A client program including a return management unit 140, a personal rental data storage unit 150, and a common rental data connection unit 160 may be installed. Hereinafter, the client program installed in the personal rental PC will be referred to as a user-side rental return agent, and the role and function of each component of the user-side rental return agent will be described.

The user authentication unit 110 is a unit that provides the user authentication information when the personal rental PC apparatus 100 accesses the reference document management server 200 and the common rental file server 300.

The data search inquiry unit 120 is a unit for searching and inquiring data such as a folder or a file to be borrowed or returned. The data search inquiry unit 120 can be driven in the form of a network drive, which is a client program corresponding to the PC, a web-based client program, and a network file server client, depending on the type of the reference document management server 200. [ Also, according to the form of the reference document management server 200, the type of the data list to be provided to the user may be a folder having a tree structure, a list of data lists, a bulletin board, and the like.

The transmission / reception unit 130 is a unit that receives data when the corresponding data or data set is selected in the client program after the search, or transmits and receives data when the user wants to copy the updated document to a specific location. In addition, after applying for the return of an individual, he or she is responsible for sending and receiving the folder and file. If the reference document management server is a file server, the transceiver is replaced with a file movement provided by the network file server.

The rental return management unit 140 requests the rental of the specific folder or the data list provided by the data search inquiry unit 120, and performs the return. For this purpose, the rental return management unit 140 receives the rental position of the rental folder or rental list name and receives the rental through the transmission / reception unit 130 in the case of the personal rental of the lender. In the case where two or more lenders are requested at the time of rental application and a public rental is requested to a specific file server, the rental return management unit 140 stores the public rental file server access information, public rental file server information, Account information, and the folder path on the public rental file server.

Also, the rental return management unit 140 receives and manages information on the rental list and the rental status from the reference document management server 200, and manages to return the folder whose rental period has expired to the rental position of the reference document management server. At this time, the rental period can be arbitrarily set to the rental period set in the rental return policy setting unit 270, and can be adjusted by the user within the rental period. In addition, in the case of personal rental, the user may move to another storage space of the PC to prevent further use of the user when the data is left on the PC before the return is made after the expiration of the expiration date, Can be managed. In addition, you can delete the loaned data that exists on the personal loan PC after the return has been completed.

Also, the rental return management unit 140 can manage the rental status by dividing the rental application into the rental application and the rental completion. If the folder or the list of items to be rented consists of a large number of subfolders and files, the list of rental items can be displayed as a rental application until the copying of the entire rental list is completed to the PC, . Similarly, the state of return can be managed by dividing the application for return and the completion of return.

At this time, the time of the personal rented file in the rented window explorer is changed to the time when the renting is completed and the document is registered or changed in the reference document management server, not the time at which the file and folder are created in the PC . This is executed by the rental return management unit 140.

The personal rental data storage unit 150 uses a local hard disk and various storage media as a storage space in the personal rental PC where the rented folder is copied. The rented folder can display a different icon from the folder created by the ordinary user. In addition, the borrowed folder can be encrypted and stored according to the policy, and only the authorized process can be accessed. The personal rental data storage unit 150 may be additionally configured as a database other than the file system to store the physical folders and files as well as meta information about the folders and files.

The public rental data connection unit 160 is a network drive client configuration unit that allows a user to access a network file server as a network drive after public rental is completed. In general, network drive client modules are included in the operating system.

Next, a reference document management server 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a user authentication unit 210, a data search providing unit 220, a transceiver unit 230, a rental return management unit 240, 250), a public rental file server registration unit 260, and a rental return policy setting unit 270 (hereinafter referred to as a rental management management agent). Here, the user authentication unit 210, the data search unit 220, the transmission / reception unit 230, and the data storage unit 250 may be implemented from a simple file server to a complex document management system, a KMS, a PLM, .

The user authentication unit 210 is a component corresponding to a connection permission request using a user ID and a password in the personal rental PC 100. [

The data search provider 220 is provided as a network drive when the reference document management server is a file server, and as a web service when it is a web-based KMS, EDMS, or the like. Or may be configured in the form of a service daemon corresponding to a separate document management client program. The data search provider 220 is a component that allows a user to select a desired data item by providing a data structure and a data list corresponding to a user access right.

The transmission / reception unit 230 transmits the data provided by the data search provider 220 according to the request of the user's specific data, or registers the data in the specific data search location (specific folder path, specific location in the data classification structure) Receive the data you want.

The rental return management unit 240 receives the rental request for each user, changes the status to 'rental application' for the rental request, checks whether the rental is possible, and if the rental is possible, (The folder to be rented and the lower files and folders) and the rental route (the location under the folder path or the classification system) to the rental center 140 and 340, respectively. Upon completion of copying or reception in the rental return management units 140 and 340, the transfer completion management unit 240 of the reference document management server 200 is notified of the completion of transfer, and the rental return management unit 240) finally updates the rental status to "completed rental".

When the rental request is made, information on the lender, the rental location (personal rental, public rental), the rental period, and the like are received together with the rental return management unit 240. Depending on the lender's data reading right or the determination of the idle space at the rental location It is possible to judge whether or not the rent is possible. In addition, if the rental request is not a personal rental but a public rental, the rental return management unit 240 returns the rental information (public rental rental server connection information, common rental file server account information, rental folder location information of the common rental file server) To the management unit 140.

Also, at the start of the rental request, it is possible to judge whether or not another person has been rented for the folder, and the rent (the folder) can be determined so that another rental can not be performed by another user And subfolders and files) can be added.

Also, when the rental period is expired on the basis of the rentable period set as a policy for the management of the return, the rental return management unit 240 sends a return request for the rental of the user to the rental return management unit 140 , 340). When the return request is made, the status information of the rental is changed from 'Complete Rental' to 'Returned Application', and when all the data is received at the rental location, the status information is changed from 'Returned Application' to 'Returned Complete'. The return position, the return position information, and the return period information at the rental position can be provided to the rental return management configuration units 140 and 340 at the rental position, and in accordance with the data registration right of the returner or according to the determination of the idle space at the return position It can be judged whether or not the return can be made. The rental return management unit 240 may start the return request according to the implementation level and may start the rental return management unit 140 or 340 at the rental position.

In addition, an unlock function for the rentals (folders, subfolders, and files) of the reference document management server 200 is performed so that another user can be rented immediately before the return request and the return application are performed, Can be added.

The data storage unit 250 is a unit for storing files, folders, or meta data stored in the reference document management server 200. In the case of a document management server configured in a complicated form such as EDMS, KMS, and PLM, the reference document management server 200 is constituted by a file system when the reference document management server 200 is a file server, And a database.

The public rental file server registration unit 260 registers a file server that can send and receive a rental and return request from the rental return management unit 240. Unlike the reference document management server 200, the public rental file server 300 can be registered in a plurality of areas according to the location of a worker who needs collaboration. The registration information includes the IP address of the public leased file server, the network port used by the common leased file server, and the directory path value of the network file server service provided by the common leased file server to the user. Also, the user can set the account information (ID / password) of the network file server necessary for accessing the public rental file server in the personal rental PC 100 to be the same as the account information of the reference document management server 200, The account information (ID and password) used by the network drive authentication unit 310 in the public rental file server is registered in advance for each server in order to minimize the scope of the account, and the personal rental PC 100 of the public rental lender Information can be provided.

The rental return policy setting unit 270 is a component that sets a maximum allowable policy when the rental is proceeding in the reference document management server 200. [ Set up a user who can be rented in the reference document management server 200, make sure that the maximum allowable period of rent, whether to discard the data of the rental location due to failure in returning, rent or return the maximum available space when the rental and return space is insufficient And whether or not to cancel the entire program.

A network drive service unit 320, a common rental data storage unit 330, a common rental return management unit 330, and a public rental data storage unit 330. [ 340 and a public rental transmission / reception unit 350 (hereinafter referred to as a public rental returning agent).

The network drive authentication unit 310 refers to the common lenders authentication information sent from the reference document management server 200 to the common rental return management unit 340 or based on the account information (ID / password) of the previously registered network drive service , Determines the network drive account information submitted by the personal rental PC 100, and manages whether the user is permitted to use the network drive account information.

The network drive service unit 320 is a service unit that provides shared rental to the personal rental PC 100, and is configured as a service type of a network file server. A samba file service, a window file service, or the like.

The common rental data storage unit 330 is a unit for storing actual files or folders or metadata for the common rental folder. The network drive service unit 320 may include a database configured to store meta information such as rights information and account information other than files and folders.

The common rental return management unit 340 receives or requests a command for lending and returning from the rental return management unit 240 of the reference document management server 200 and transmits data shared by the same to the reference document management server 200 Rented, or returned.

When the rental request is started, the common rental return management unit 340 determines the location of the rental item to be rented from the reference document management server 200 (the location where the rental item exists in the reference document management server), the rental list Subfolders and files), rental period, lender information, and the like, and the reference document management server 200 downloads data on the rental items.

Also, when the request for returning is started, the user is prevented from accessing the specific public rental folder provided through the network drive service so that the user can no longer access the folder.

When the return request is started, the folder to be returned to the reference document management server 200, the folder return position (the position where the first public rental folder exists in the reference document management server), the rental list (the folder and its subfolder And files) to the reference document management server 200 and transmits the data for the common rental folder to the reference document management server 200. [ When the return is completed, the public rental folder in the public rental file server 300 can be deleted.

The public rental transmission / reception unit 350 receives or transmits files and folders of the common rental data storage unit 330 according to a command of the common rental return management unit 340. [ The public rental transmission / reception unit 350 may be a network socket daemon capable of transmitting data or any form capable of exchanging data with a network drive.

Hereinafter, each role of functional blocks for returning a rental of a folder or a file has been described. Hereinafter, in order to clearly understand the contents of the present invention, referring to FIGS. 3 to 17, .

3 illustrates an application for a rental according to an embodiment of the present invention. If the reference document management server is a file server or an EDMS implemented in a specific program form, the method of applying for a rental can be implemented by a shell extension or a context menu. In the embodiment of the present invention, the user selects the folder "1. Proposal Background" under the "test proposal" folder under the "quality assurance team" in the reference document management server.

In this case, the user interface as shown in the example drawing of Fig. 4 can be displayed on the screen, and Fig. 4 shows a case where the user selects the "1.Background" folder rental as personal rental, selects the rental period, . In FIG. 4, a case in which a pop-up window type user interface is displayed on the screen is taken as an example, but the rental application may be made by a user's action (for example, drag and drop).

When the rental application is completed, a status indication confirming that the folder is rented may be added to the folder image. An example of this is shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 5 is an example in which a lock-like lock is implemented so that another user can not rent it after the "1. Proposed Background" folder rental application is made.

Also, FIG. 6 is an embodiment showing the current rental list and status, and is an implementation example in which the folder '1. 7 is an example in which the personal rental of the folder under the data search structure in the reference document management server is completed. Referring to FIG. 7, it can be confirmed that the '1. Proposed Background' folder under the data search structure in the reference document management server in the left window explorer is completed as a task drive in the personal rental PC in the right window explorer.

Next, in FIG. 8, the right window explorer indicates that a "Proposal revision" folder created by the user is created within the borrowed '1. Proposed Background' folder, and the left window explorer displays the data And the 'Proposal Background' folder under the structure is not yet returned to the 'Proposal Background' folder.

At this time, the return process may be performed in a manner similar to the user interface or the user action in the rental application process described above. That is, a method of selecting return via a right mouse button while selecting a folder to be returned, or a drag-and-drop method (i.e., dragging and dropping from a business drive in a personal rental PC to the original storage space of a reference document management server) The return can be made through. In this case, the newly created subfolder (that is, the 'revised proposal' folder in this example) in the return destination folder (that is, the '1. Suggested Background' folder in this example) 9, the '1. Suggestion Background' folder existing in the business drive of the personal rental PC is deleted.

At this time, the creation time or the modification time of the files and folders in the reference document management server are not registered at the time when the files and folders are returned to the reference document management server at the time of returning, but in the business drive in the personalized PC It can be changed back to the time of the file or folder that was created or changed when it existed.

10 is an embodiment in which a public rental application is started. The public lease is an example of borrowing '4. Attachment' under 'wood proposal' under 'test' under 'Quality Assurance Team' in the standard document management system. In the public rental, a common lender is selected as well as the rental period, and the location of the rental is selected from 'ND0', 'ND1', and 'ND0' among 'personal rental'.

FIG. 11 is an example of a screen in which a lock is set so that another user can no longer rent to '4. Attachment' which has been publicly rented in the reference document management system after public rental.

In addition, referring to FIG. 12, the left window explorer is locked by renting the '4. Attachment' folder under the data search structure in the reference document management server, and the corresponding folder is rented from the right window explorer to the network drive 'item8' Fig. Compared with the drawing of FIG. 8, it can be seen that although the user's personal PC did not have a network drive originally, the network drive automatically appeared after the common rental application.

FIG. 13 shows that the sub-folders of the "tree proposal" under "test" under the "quality assurance team" in the reference document management system are the personal rental of the "1. suggestive background", and the "4. attachment" . Fig. 14 shows an embodiment in which a lender replies public lending arbitrarily.

FIG. 15 is an embodiment in which the '4. Attachment' folder is returned to the original position of the reference document management system including the folder (the 'design attachment' folder in this example) newly created in the network drive of the personal PC. FIG. 16 is an example of a screen in which a lock is automatically removed from a shared folder after returning from a public rental.

The above-described embodiment of the present invention will be described in comparison with a conventional synchronization technique, and the embodiment of the present invention has the following differences. Recently, there has been a case where a file or a folder of a PC is synchronized with a file system of a server. Generally, a technique for synchronizing a plurality of terminal devices of a single user is a technique in which a plurality of members, It is not enough to organize.

For example, when a plurality of members synchronize simple files and folders in a PC terminal to one reference document management server, the synchronization is not performed on the basis of specific members, but rather on the basis of the latestness of documents Simplified synchronization. Accordingly, according to the conventional synchronization technology, various name change files are generated according to inconsistencies of the same files and folders. For example, 'duplicate folder with identical name filename_ conflict date.extension' or collided is created. On the other hand, in the rental return system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the problem of generating duplicate files or folders can be solved.

In addition, since the conventional simple synchronization technology frequently synchronizes with each change point of a file and a folder in a PC, it causes an unnecessary system load on the server. On the other hand, in the rental return system according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the file or folder is moved only at the time of returning, there is an advantage that the load of the entire system can be reduced.

The method and apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination.

Program instructions to be recorded on a computer-readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Includes hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

A rental return system comprising a reference document management server for storing and managing a folder or file which is the object of rental or return,
The management server side rental return agent installed in the reference document management server,
A transmission / reception unit for receiving a rental application for a folder or a file;
When the rental application is received, it is checked whether the rented folder or file is rentable. If the rented folder or file is a rental application, the rental destination information or rental route information is transmitted through the transmission / reception unit to the requested rental location A rental return management unit for allowing the rental to be performed; And
And a public rental file server registration unit for storing at least one of IP address, network port, and directory path value of the common rental file server for registration of at least one public rental file server,
The rental / return management unit, when receiving a public rental application for a specific item from a user-side rental / return agent installed in a user's personal terminal, transmits rental object information or rental route information according to the public rental application to a user The rental return system, which transfers to the leased file server to allow the lease to the corresponding shared leased file server. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the user-side rental return agent communicatively connected to the management server-side rental return agent comprises:
A data search inquiry unit connected to the reference document management server and searching and inquiring data of a folder or a file to be borrowed or returned; And
A rental return management unit for requesting rental of the inquired data through the data search inquiry unit and returning the data for which the specified rental period has expired to the original storage location of the reference document management server,
The rental return system comprising: 3. The method of claim 2,
The rental return management unit in the user-
And upon completion of the return of the personal loaned data, deletes the loaned data remaining in the user terminal. delete 3. The method of claim 2,
And a common rental return agent interconnected with the management server side and the user side rental return agents and installed in the public rental file server,
The public rental return agent,
And a common rental return management system for receiving rental route information, rental object information, rental period information, and rental person information on the rental data from the management server side rental return agent and downloading the rental data. 6. The method of claim 5,
The shared rental return management unit,
Returning to the original storage location of the reference document management server the data for which the rental period of the shared rental data has expired and deleting the rental data remaining on the common rental file server when the return of the shared rental data is completed Perform a rental return system. 6. The method of claim 5,
The public rental return agent,
Further comprising a network drive service unit for providing a storage space for public rental in the form of a network drive to a user of the public rental service and a user of the common rental service to which the public rental service is to be performed when the public rental is completed,
The user-side rental return agent,
Further comprising a common rental data connection unit for performing connection with the storage space for the common rental through the network drive provided by the network drive service unit when the common rental is completed. delete delete 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the rental return management unit and the shared rental return management unit in the user-
If the rental data is a folder, the file or the subfolder newly created in the folder is also transmitted to the rental return agent on the management server side , Rental return system.

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