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Document management system and control method therefor

US7676764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2005
Grant dateMar 9, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/126
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a document management system capable of displaying indexes indicating input/output devices connected on a network in a manner that an operator can clearly distinguish between devices which are capable of correctly performing processing in accordance with the setting made for an inputted job and devices which are not capable thereof, and a control method therefor. An icon for each processing function which each of several devices connected to a network has is displayed on a screen, several pieces of information being managed in the document management system are listed, and a user-desired piece of information is selected among the listed plurality of pieces of information based on the user's selection operation. The setting contents set for the selected information are acquired, it is determined whether or not each processing function of the displayed several devices can process the selected information according to the acquired setting contents, the display form of the displayed icon is changed based on the determination result so that it is possible to distinguish between the processing function of a device which can process the selected information according to …

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