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US 8,639,893 · App. 13/220,400 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable medium storing program

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Patent No.
US 8,639,893
App. No.
13/220,400
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an operation detector that detects an operation performed on information, a history memory controller that controls a history memory such that the history memory stores as history information an operator and information, serving as an operation target, in a mapped state if the operation detector has detected the operation, an extractor that extracts from the history memory an operator having performed the operation if the operation detector has detected the operation, and a notifier that notifies the operator extracted by the extractor that the operation has been performed on the information.

Claims (35)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an operation detector that detects an operation performed on information;

a history memory controller that controls a history memory to store history information comprising a first operator and information on an operation target of the operation detected by the operation detector, in a mapped state if the operation detector detects the operation;

an extractor that extracts, from the history memory, a second operator that previously performed another operation on the information if the operation detector detects the operation; and

a notifier that notifies the second operator that the operation has been performed on the information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the history memory controller controls the history memory to further store, as the history information, information about an operation time corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector; and

wherein the extractor only extracts the second operator if an operation time of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is greater than a predetermined value.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein history memory controller controls the history memory to further store, as the history information, an operation type or an operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector; and

wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as a notification destination if an operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation type as the operation type corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector or if the operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector is within a period of a predetermined operation time and date of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein history memory controller controls the history memory to further store, as the history information, an operation type or an operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector; and

wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as a notification destination if an operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation type as the operation type corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector or if the operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector is within a period of a predetermined operation time and date of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination if the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation type as the operation type corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector and an operation target of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation target as the operation target of the operation detected by the operation detector or if the operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector is within a period of the predetermined operation time and date of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination if the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation type as the operation type corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector and an operation target of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator is a same operation target as the operation target of the operation detected by the operation detector or if the operation time and date corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detector is within a period of the predetermined operation time and date of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination in accordance with predetermined notification-free information indicating whether a notification for the operation performed on the information is necessary or not.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination in accordance with predetermined notification-free information indicating whether a notification for the operation performed on the information is necessary or not.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination in accordance with predetermined notification-free information indicating whether a notification for the operation performed on the information is necessary or not.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the extractor extracts the second operator as the notification destination in accordance with predetermined notification-free information indicating whether a notification for the operation performed on the information is necessary or not.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the period of the predetermined operation time and date is set according to the operation type of the other operation previously performed on the information by the second operator.

19. An information processing method, comprising:

detecting an operation performed on information;

controlling a history memory to store history information comprising a first operator and information on an operation target of the operation detected by the operation detector, in a mapped state if the operation is detected;

extracting from the history memory a second operator that previously performed another operation on the information if the operation is detected; and

notifying the second operator that the operation has been performed on the information.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

detecting an operation performed on information;

controlling a history memory to store history information comprising a first operator and information on an operation target of the operation detected by the operation detector, in a mapped state if the operation is detected;

extracting from the history memory a second operator that previously performed another operation on the information if the operation is detected; and

notifying the second operator that the operation has been performed on the 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 Aug 30, 2011
From: ISHITOBI, YASUHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026829/0553 →