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Data management method and apparatus for such data management

US6018744A · kind A · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Akira Mamiya · Yokohama, JP
Akira Suga · Tokyo, JP
Hideo Takiguchi · Kawasaki, JP
Takashi Aizawa · Yokohama, JP
Fumiaki Takahashi · Yokohama, JP
Kenji Hatori · Kawaguchi, JP
Koji Hatanaka · 川島町, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 1998
Grant date	Jan 25, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99948
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for managing data including images, voice, characters, and the like, in a unified manner. The apparatus has an attribute file or an attribute table for registering therein an attribute peculiar to the data to be registered so that the data attribute can be registered simultaneously with the registration of the data. The data can thus be managed through an application in a unified manner based on the attribute data registered in the attribute file or the attribute table. In order to complete the processing of the application, the attribute data of the attribute file or the attribute table is set to be a mode either of "read-only" or "hidden".

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