Document processing apparatus that determines whether a document

Details Document processing apparatus that determines whether a document Document processing apparatus that determines whether a document

1995-08-04

1998-07-14

Fetting, Anton

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707201, 707203, 707 8, G06F 702

Patent

active

057819157

ABSTRACT:
A document processing apparatus has memory space for holding a plurality of documents, each of the documents being provided with respective update time data, and additional memory space for storing respectively, for each of a plurality of users, reference time data for the plurality of documents. When one of the plurality of users causes the documents to be read, the reference time data for that user can be read out for comparing, for each of the plurality of documents, the respective update time data with the read reference time data to determine whether or not a user other than the one user has confirmed any of the plurality of documents after a previous updating of that document. In response to the determination, the apparatus displays the plurality of documents, with any confirmed documents being displayed distinguishably from the rest of the documents. In this way, the user can tell if any of the documents has been updated by another user after he himself last updated the document.

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