1997-11-25
1998-12-08
Coleman, Eric
39520035, G06F 1300
Patent
active
058482482
ABSTRACT:
In an electronic document circulating system utilizing a network, in order to attain simplification of the operation procedure by a transmitting person and facilitation of the temporary circulation of a document, a circulation control unit circulates the circular document indicated by document management information stored in a document management information store unit on the basis of circulation control information indicative of a circular route of the circular document stored in a circulation control information store unit and role definition information for relating a plurality of users to a role shared among equal users stored in a role definition information store unit. In the circulation, the circular document is transmitted to a user selected by the system on the basis of a predetermined criterion, of users in the role designated by the transmitting person. When the document is transmitted temporarily for consultation, temporary circulation control information is set and the document is returned to a consulting user exactly.
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Horiuchi Takashi
Kawasaki Ariko
Majima Hiroshi
Ono Hisashi
Suga Kazuhiro
Coleman Eric
Hitachi , Ltd.
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