IP Library Granted Patent US 11,163,903
Granted Patent B2
US 11,163,903 · App. 16/025,042 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Document management apparatus, document management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Yu Ohtake (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F21/6227G06F16/2228G06F21/31G06F21/6245G06F2221/2141
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Patent No.
US 11,163,903
App. No.
16/025,042
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A document management apparatus includes a first memory that stores a first search index generated for confidential information included in document data, a second memory that stores a second search index generated for non-confidential information other than the confidential information, a third memory that stores the document data including the confidential information concealed therewithin, and a controller that searches the document data by switching between the first search index and the second search index depending on a right of a user, and outputs a search result.

Claims (32)

1. A document management apparatus comprising:

a first memory that stores a first search index generated for confidential information included in document data;

a second memory that stores a second search index generated for non-confidential information other than the confidential information;

a third memory that stores the document data including the confidential information concealed therewithin; and

a controller that searches the document data by switching between the first search index and the second search index depending on a right of a user, and outputs a search result,

wherein the first search index is generated from a linked character string of a character string of the confidential information and at least one of character strings of non-confidential information prior to and subsequent to the character string of the confidential information.

2. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller searches the document data using the first search index and the second search index for a user having a special right, and searches the document data using the second search index for a user having no special right.

3. The document management apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first search index is generated from a character string of the confidential information.

4. The document management apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second search index is generated by replacing a character string of the confidential information with a dummy character string.

5. The document management apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second search index is generated by replacing a character string of the confidential information with a dummy character string.

6. The document management apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the dummy character string comprises a symbol that is not used in searching.

7. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller searches the document data using the first search index for a user having a special right, and searches the document data using the second search index for a user having no special right.

8. The document management apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second search index is generated by replacing a character string of the confidential information with a dummy character string.

9. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first search index is generated from a character string of the confidential information.

10. The document management apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second search index is generated by replacing a character string of the confidential information with a dummy character string.

11. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second search index is generated by replacing a character string of the confidential information with a dummy character string.

12. The document management apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the dummy character string comprises a symbol that is not used in searching.

13. A document management system comprising:

a document processing apparatus;

a document management apparatus that receives document data from the document processing apparatus, the document management apparatus including a first memory that stores a first search index generated for confidential information included in the document data, a second memory that stores a second search index generated for non-confidential information other than the confidential information, a third memory that stores the document data including the confidential information concealed therewithin, and a controller that searches the document data by switching between the first search index and the second search index depending on a right of a user, and outputs a search result; and

a terminal that transmits a search condition to the document management apparatus and receives the search result from the document management apparatus,

wherein the first search index is generated from a linked character string of a character string of the confidential information and at least one of character strings of non-confidential information prior to and subsequent to the character string of the confidential information.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing document data, the process comprising:

generating a first search index for confidential information included in the document data;

storing on a first memory the first search index generated;

generating a second search index for non-confidential information other than the confidential information;

storing on a second memory the second search index generated;

concealing the confidential information in the document data;

storing on a third memory the document data including the concealed confidential information;

searching the document data on a per right basis of a user by switching between the first search index and the second search index; and

outputting a search result,

wherein the first search index is generated from a linked character string of a character string of the confidential information and at least one of character strings of non-confidential information prior to and subsequent to the character string of the confidential information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: OHTAKE, YU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046250/0353 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-135893 · Jul 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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