IP Library Granted Patent US 11,625,497
Granted Patent B2
US 11,625,497 · App. 17/015,643 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

File management system and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Daiki Matsuoka (Kanagawa, JP); Naoto Kashiwagi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F21/6218G06F16/11G06F16/13
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Patent No.
US 11,625,497
App. No.
17/015,643
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A file management system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain information about a target file, a storage location of a related file relating to the target file, and a viewer, and, when the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file, provide, to the viewer, storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file, and, when the viewer is not allowed to access the storage location of the related file, provide the related file to the viewer.

Claims (45)

1. A file management system comprising:

at least one processor configured to

obtain information about a target file, a storage location of a related file, and a viewer, the related file relating to the target file,

determine whether the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file; and

provide the viewer one of

storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file and

the related file, wherein

the storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file is provided to the viewer in response to the processor determining that the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of a user and is not local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is not where the target file is stored,

the related file is provided to the viewer in response to the processor determining that the viewer is not allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of the user and is local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is where the target file is stored,

the at least one processor is configured to confirm, with the user, a form in which the related file is provided to the viewer, the user managing the target file, and

the at least one processor is configured to receive, from the user, information about whether the form in which the related file is provided to the viewer is to be switched from the storage-location information to the related file, or from the related file to the storage-location information.

2. The file management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive addition of the related file and to, in the addition, receive information about a setting defining whether the related file is provided to the viewer in a form of the storage-location information or in a form of the related file.

3. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for file management, the process comprising:

obtaining information about a target file, a storage location of a related file, and a viewer, the related file relating to the target file;

determining whether the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file; and

providing the viewer one of

storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file and

the related file, wherein

the storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file is provided to the viewer in response to determining that the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of a user and is not local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is not where the target file is stored, and

the related file is provided to the viewer in response to determining that the viewer is not allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of the user and is local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is where the target file is stored, further comprising

confirming, with the user, a form in which the related file is provided to the viewer, the user managing the target file, and

receiving, from the user, information about whether the form in which the related file is provided to the viewer is to be switched from the storage-location information to the related file, or from the related file to the storage-location information.

4. A file management system comprising:

means for obtaining information about a target file, a storage location of a related file, and a viewer, the related file relating to the target file;

means for determining whether the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file; and

means for providing the viewer one of

storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file and

the related file, wherein

the storage-location information indicating the storage location of the related file is provided to the viewer in response to determining that the viewer is allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of a user and is not local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is not where the target file is stored,

the related file is provided to the viewer in response to determining that the viewer is not allowed to access the storage location of the related file because

the storage location of the related file does not require authentication of the user and is local, or

the storage location of the file requires authentication of the user and is where the target file is stored, further comprising

means for confirming, with the user, a form in which the related file is provided to the viewer, the user managing the target file, and

means for receiving, from the user, information about whether the form in which the related file is provided to the viewer is to be switched from the storage-location information to the related file, or from the related file to the storage-location 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 Sep 10, 2020
From: MATSUOKA, DAIKI; KASHIWAGI, NAOTO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053731/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-019072 · Feb 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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