Content management apparatus and content management method
A content management apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention associates content information on content with group information on a user participation group in a posting management service that approves control for the content, and stores the associated information. The apparatus then acquires group information on the user participation group from the posting management service, upon receipt of a content control request. The apparatus determines whether or not the requested control is to be approved, based on the acquired group information and the group information stored in association with the content information on the content. This configuration allows the content management apparatus for managing the content to control access authorization according to setting of the group in the posting management service.
1. A content management apparatus for providing a content management service that manages contents, the content management apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
acquiring, from a posting management service provided by a posting management server, information of groups which are used for the posting management service when receiving a registration screen display request from a client apparatus of a first user, wherein the registration screen display request is a request for displaying a registration screen that causes the first user to designate a new content to be registered and a selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the posting management server provides the posting management service that manages messages and comments posted by users, and wherein the posting management server is different from the content management apparatus;
providing the registration screen to the client apparatus of the first user, wherein the registration screen causes the first user to designate the new content to be registered into the content management service, and wherein the registration screen further causes the first user to designate, from the acquired information of groups, a selected group for which a message is to be posted;
receiving, from the client apparatus of the first user, a registration request including the new content and information of the selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the selected group is designated from the acquired information of groups by the first user;
storing, in the content management service provided by the content management apparatus, the received new content and content information of the stored new content that is associated with the received information of the selected group;
transmitting a posting request for writing information of storage destination as a message in a group region corresponding to the selected group of the posting management server, wherein the written information of storage destination is required to access the stored new content;
acquiring, when receiving an access request for accessing the stored new content from a second user using the written information of storage destination, group information of the second user from the posting management server; and
determining whether or not the received access request is to be approved, based on the acquired group information of the second user and the information of the selected group being stored in association with the content information of the stored new content corresponding to the access request.
2. The content management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the registration screen causes the first user to designate, from information of groups which are used for providing multiple posting management services by multiple posting management servers, a plurality of groups for which a message is to be posted.
3. A method carried out in a content management apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring, from a posting management service provided by a posting management server, information of groups which are used for the posting management service when receiving a registration screen display request from a client apparatus of a first user, wherein the registration screen display request is a request for displaying a registration screen that causes the first user to designate a new content to be registered and a selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the posting management server provides the posting management service that manages messages and comments posted by users, and wherein the posting management server is different from the content management apparatus;
providing the registration screen to the client apparatus of the first user, wherein the registration screen causes the first user to designate the new content to be registered into the content management service, and wherein the registration screen further causes the first user to designate, from the acquired information of groups, the selected group for which a message is to be posted;
receiving, from the client apparatus of the first user, a registration request including the new content and information of the selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the selected group is designated from the acquired information of groups by the first user;
storing, in the content management service provided by the content management apparatus, the received new content and content information of the stored new content that is associated with the received information of the selected group;
transmitting a posting request for writing information of storage destination as a message in a group region corresponding to the selected group of the posting management server, wherein the written information of storage destination is required to access the stored new content;
acquiring, upon receiving an access request for accessing the stored new content from a second user using the written information of storage destination, group information of the second user from the posting management service; and
determining whether or not the received access request is to be approved, based on the acquired group information of the second user and the stored information of the selected group in association with the content information of the stored new content corresponding to the access request.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to provide a content management service that manages contents, wherein the computer program includes instructions for causing the computer to perform:
acquiring, from a posting management service provided by a posting management server, information of groups which are used for the posting management service when receiving a registration screen display request from a client apparatus of a first user, wherein the registration screen display request is a request for displaying a registration screen that causes the first user to designate a new content to be registered and a selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the posting management server provides the posting management service that manages messages and comments posted by users, and wherein the posting management service is different from the content management service;
providing the registration screen to the client apparatus of the first user, wherein the registration screen causes the first user to designate the new content to be registered into the content management service, and wherein the registration screen further causes the first user to designate, from the acquired information of groups, the selected group for which a message is to be posted;
receiving, from the client apparatus of the first user, a registration request including the new content and information of the selected group for which a message is to be posted, wherein the selected group is designated from the acquired information of groups by the first user;
storing, in the content management service provided by the content management apparatus, the received new content and content information of the stored new content that is associated with the received information of the selected group;
transmitting a posting request for writing information of storage destination as a message in a group region corresponding to the selected group of the posting management server, wherein the written information of storage destination is required to access the stored new content;
acquiring, upon receiving an access request for accessing the stored new content from a second user using the written information of storage destination, group information of the second user from the posting management server; and
determining whether or not the received access request is to be approved, based on the acquired group information of the second user and the information of the selected group being stored in association with the content information of the stored new content corresponding to the access request.