IP Library Patent Application 16854859
Patent Application
App. No. 16/854,859

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

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16/854,859
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform difference extraction processing of extracting a difference between two versions of each of a first document element and a second document element, and perform determination processing of determining a relation between the first document element and the second document element based on a similarity between the difference for the first document element and the difference for the second document element.

Claims (71)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

perform difference extraction processing of extracting a difference between two versions of each of a first document element and a second document element, and

perform determination processing of determining a relation between the first document element and the second document element based on a similarity between the difference for the first document element and the difference for the second document element.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to receive a designation of a period, and

the difference extraction processing is processing of extracting a difference between a first version and a second version within a designated period for each of the first document element and the second document element.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of steps for changing a content of the document element are defined in a system in which the first document element and the second document element are stored,

the processor is further configured to

receive a designation of any one of the plurality of steps from a user, and

the difference extraction processing is processing of extracting a difference between a version before a change according to the designated step is performed and a version after the change is performed, for each of the first document element and the second document element.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a system that manages the first document element, a plurality of steps for changing a content of the first document element is defined, and information indicating a time point at which each of the plurality of steps for the first document element is performed is registered,

the processor is further configured to

receive a designation of an interested step among the plurality of steps, from a user, and

the difference extraction processing is processing of extracting a difference between a version of the first document element before the interested step and a version of the first document element after the interested step and extracting a difference between versions of the second document element before and after a time point at which the interested step is performed.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

receive a designation of the first document element and receive an input of specifying information for specifying a change time point of the first document element, and

the difference extraction processing is processing of extracting versions of the document element before and after the change time point specified based on the specifying information, for each of the first document element and the second document element.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

calculate a content similarity being a similarity of a content between the first document element and the second document element in a predetermined version of the two versions, and

in the determination processing, the relation is determined based on the difference similarity and the content similarity.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

calculate a content similarity being a similarity of a content between the first document element and the second document element in a predetermined version of the two versions, and

in the determination processing, the relation is determined based on the difference similarity and the content similarity.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

calculate a content similarity being a similarity of a content between the first document element and the second document element in a predetermined version of the two versions, and

in the determination processing, the relation is determined based on the difference similarity and the content similarity.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

calculate a content similarity being a similarity of a content between the first document element and the second document element in a predetermined version of the two versions, and

in the determination processing, the relation is determined based on the difference similarity and the content similarity.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

calculate a content similarity being a similarity of a content between the first document element and the second document element in a predetermined version of the two versions, and

in the determination processing, the relation is determined based on the difference similarity and the content similarity.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage device that stores relation information indicating the relation between the first document element and the second document element,

wherein the processor is further configured to

update the relation information stored in the storage device to information indicating the relation determined in the determination processing.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a storage device that stores relation information indicating the relation between the first document element and the second document element,

wherein the processor is further configured to

update the relation information stored in the storage device to information indicating the relation determined in the determination processing.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a storage device that stores relation information indicating the relation between the first document element and the second document element,

wherein the processor is further configured to

update the relation information stored in the storage device to information indicating the relation determined in the determination processing.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the determination processing,

the relation between the first document element and the second document element, which corresponds to a combination of a similarity between a difference between two versions of the first document element and a difference between two versions of the second document element, and attributes of the first document element and the second document element, is determined by an AI that has learned the relation between the two document elements, which corresponds to the combination of the similarity between differences between the two versions of each of the two document elements and the attributes of the two document elements, by machine learning in advance.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the determination processing,

the relation between the first document element and the second document element, which corresponds to a combination of a similarity between a difference between two versions of the first document element and a difference between the two versions of the second document element, a similarity between contents of the first document element and the second document element, and attributes of the first document element and the second document element, is determined by an AI that has learned the relation between the two document elements, which corresponds to the combination of the similarity of the difference between the versions of each of the two document elements, the similarity between contents of the document elements in a predetermined version of the two versions, and the attributes of the two document elements, by machine learning in advance.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a performing unit that performs processing on the second document element in accordance with the determined relation, in a case where the first document element is changed.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein, in a case where the relation between the first document element and the second document element is a first type of relation in which a similarity between the first document element and the second document element is equal to or greater than a first predetermined threshold value which is greater than 0, the processing is notification processing of notifying a participant of the second document element that the first document element is changed.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein, in a case where the relation between the first document element and the second document element is a second type of relation, the processing is processing of copying the changed first document element to the second document element, and

the second type of relation is a relation in which the similarity is equal to or greater than a second threshold value being a minimum value of the similarity, by which the first document element and the second document element are considered to be identical to each other.

19 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein the processing is processing in which, on a display screen showing a relation between the changed first document element and one or more second document elements associated with the first document element, each of the one or more second document elements is displayed in a display mode corresponding to the type of the relation between the second document element and the first document element.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:

performing difference extraction processing of extracting a difference between two versions of each of a first document element and a second document element; and

performing determination processing of determining a relation between the first document element and the second document element based on a similarity between the difference for the first document element and the difference for the second document element.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056223/0414 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2020
From: HARADA, YUSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052531/0567 →