IP Library Granted Patent US 8,176,535
Granted Patent B2
US 8,176,535 · App. 12/474,578 · Granted May 8, 2012

Information processing system, information processing method, and computer readable medium

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Patent No.
US 8,176,535
App. No.
12/474,578
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes: an organization information storage that stores organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users; a usage control information storage that stores usage control information which is for controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and defining a user or a group of users who or which is permitted to use the control target information and a usage range of the control target information in which the user or the group of the users is permitted to use the control target information; a judgment unit that judges whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs in the usage control information stored in the usage control information storage based on the organization information stored in the organization information storage; and a countermeasure unit that performs a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the judgment unit judges that the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs.

Claims (70)

1. An information processing system, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

defining a user or a group of users permitted to use the control target information and a usage range of the control target information in which the user or the group of the users is permitted to use the control target information,

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs, and

a processor,

the system comprising:

a judgment unit, executed on the processor, that judges, based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage control information stored in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

a countermeasure unit that performs a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the judgment unit judges that the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

2. An information processing system, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

permitting the use of the control target information for a registrant within a specific usage range in association with the control target information and the registrant of the control target information,

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs, and

a processor,

the system comprising:

a judgment unit, executed on the processor, that judges, based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage range permitted for the registrant in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

a countermeasure unit that performs a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the judgment unit judges that the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

3. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

the organization information storage;

the usage control information storage;

the judging information storage; and

the processor.

4. The information processing system as claimed in claim 2 ;

further comprising:

the organization information storage;

the usage control information storage;

the judging information storage; and

the processor.

5. The information processing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the countermeasure further comprises one or more of canceling of permission for use by, among the users or the groups of the users permitted by the usage control information in which the inconvenience is judged to occur, a part of the users or the groups of the users, and narrowing of the usage range permitted by the usage control information in which the inconvenience is judged to occur.

6. An information processing method, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

defining a user or a group of users permitted to use the control target information and a usage range of the control target information in which the user or the group of the users is permitted to use the control target information,

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs, and

a processor,

the method comprising:

judging using the processor and based on the judging in information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage control information stored in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

performing a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization is judged to occur, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

7. An information processing method, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

permitting the use of the control target information for a registrant within a specific usage range in association with the control target information and the registrant of the control target information,

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs, and

a processor,

the method comprising:

judging, using the processor and based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage range permitted for the registrant in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

performing a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization is judged to occur, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing information processing, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

defining a user or a group of users permitted to use the control target information and a usage range of the control target information in which the user or the group of the users is permitted to use the control target information, and

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs,

the process comprising:

judging, based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage control information stored in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

performing a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization is judged to occur, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing information processing, in an environment where there are provided

an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users,

a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for

controlling use of control target information by each user in the organization defined by the organization information and

permitting the use of the control target information for a registrant within a specific usage range in association with the control target information and the registrant of the control target information, and

a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs,

the process comprising:

judging, using the processor and based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage range permitted for the registrant in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and

performing a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization is judged to occur, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2009
From: SAITO, KAZUO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022752/0615 →