Client apparatus, server apparatus, document management system, document management method, and medium storing program thereof

Abstract

A client generates a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the list to a server. When an operation for the document is received from a user, the client acquires information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmits the information to the server. The server receives and stores the list from the client, receives the information from the client, searches storage unit for a list including information matching the information, and transmits the list to the client. The client receives and displays the searched list.

1 . A document management system that includes a client apparatus and a server apparatus and that manages documents used in a workflow,
 the client apparatus comprising:   a generating unit configured to generate a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and to transmit the list to the server apparatus; and   an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user when the operation for the document is received from the user and to transmit the information to the server apparatus,   the server apparatus comprising:   a storage unit configured to receive the list from the client apparatus and to store the list; and   a search unit configured to receive the information from the client apparatus and to search the storage unit for a list including information matching the information to transmit the list to the client apparatus,   the client apparatus comprising:   a display unit configured to receive and display the list searched by the search unit.   
     
     
         2 . The document management system according to  claim 1 , the server apparatus further comprising:
 a table associating an first operation for a document and an second operation related to the first operation; and   a second search unit configured to receive the information from the client apparatus and to refer to the table to search the storage unit for a list including information matching the second operation to transmit the list to the client apparatus.   
     
     
         3 . The document management system according to  claim 2 , the client apparatus further comprising:
 a second display unit configured to receive the list searched by the second search unit and to display the first operation and the second operation.   
     
     
         4 . A document management method executed in a document management system that includes a client apparatus and a server apparatus and that manages documents used in a workflow, the method comprising:
 a generating step in the client apparatus for generating a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and for transmitting the list to the server apparatus;   a storage step in the server apparatus for receiving the list from the client apparatus and for storing the list;   an acquisition step in the client apparatus for acquiring information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user when the operation for the document is received from the user and for transmitting the information to the server apparatus;   a search step in the server apparatus for receiving the information and for searching a list including information matching the received information from the list stored in the storage step to transmit the list to the client apparatus; and   a display step in the client apparatus for receiving and displaying the list searched in the search step.   
     
     
         5 . A client apparatus used in a document management system that includes the client apparatus and a server apparatus and that manages documents used in a workflow, the client apparatus comprising:
 a generating unit configured to generate a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and to transmit the list to the server apparatus;   an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user when the operation for the document is received from the user and to transmit the information to the server apparatus; and   a display unit configured to receive and display the list searched by the server apparatus.   
     
     
         6 . A server apparatus used in a document management system that includes a client apparatus and the server apparatus and that manages documents used in a workflow, the server apparatus comprising:
 a storage unit configured to receive a list generated in the client apparatus and to store the list; and   a search unit configured to receive information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user who performed the operation from the client apparatus and to search the storage unit for a list including information matching the information to transmit the list to the client apparatus.   
     
     
         7 . A computer-readable medium storing a document management program for managing documents used in a workflow in a document management system including a client apparatus and a server apparatus, the program causing a computer, which is the client apparatus, to perform functions to:
 generate a list associating a document, an operation for the document, and a user and transmit the list to the server apparatus;   acquire information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user when the operation for the document is received from the user and transmit the information to the server apparatus; and   receive and display a list searched by the server apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . A computer-readable medium storing a document management program for managing documents used in a workflow in a document management system that includes a client apparatus and a server apparatus and that includes a memory for receiving and storing a list generated by the client apparatus, the program causing the server apparatus to perform functions to:
 receive information including a document, an operation for the document, and a user who performed the operation from the client apparatus and   search the memory for a list including information matching the information to transmit the list to the client apparatus.