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Digitized document circulating system with circulation history

US5767847A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1995
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T1/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digitized document circulating system includes a unit provided in a transmission source of a digitized document and for sending the digitized document, a unit for delivering the digitized document to a transmission destination to thereby circulate the digitized document, a unit provided in the transmission destination and for receiving the digitized document, a unit operated by the delivery unit and for obtaining a circulation history containing delivery time, an identifier of the digitized document, the transmission source and the transmission destination, a unit for reading the circulation history and transferring the circulation history to a requester in response to a request for the circulation history issued from the requester, and a unit for displaying the circulation history received.

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