JP5309781B2 - Electronic information circulation program and electronic information circulation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute two processing in response to one instruction operation by a user when the user registers character string information with respect to electronic information and inputs determination about the electronic information. <P>SOLUTION: In a document circulating device, an information terminal device used by a circular person displays the flow of the circular by a node 52 displaying a circular person and an arc 53 showing the flow of the circular person's processing, and displays a document icon 54 for allowing a document to be approved by circular to be browsed by selecting the document. When a comment is written to a comment region 56 and any one of buttons 57 to 60 is selected, a state of circular, the comment, a writer, and the date and time written are displayed to a bulletin board information display area 61. Moreover, when the node 52 is selected, only the comment related to the corresponding circular person is displayed. At the same time, when the arc 53 is selected, a comment related to an exchange between circular persons corresponding to the node 52 are displayed on both sides of the selected arc 53. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic information circulation program and an electronic information circulation device.

  A system in which an electronic meeting is incorporated in a workflow system has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). By using an electronic meeting, it is possible to ask a circulator who has been approved before him and obtain an answer, or to record the contents of the question.

JP 2005-038171 A

  However, in the past, it was necessary to consider at which step the electronic bulletin board should be used before starting the flow, and to incorporate it in the step position in advance. Conventionally, in order to proceed to the next step, there is a restriction that the electronic bulletin board needs to be closed by one representative of the administrator or circulation member of the electronic bulletin board.

  In the present invention, when a user registers character string information for electronic information and inputs a judgment for the electronic information, the electronic information circulation executes the two processes in response to one instruction operation by the user. The purpose is to provide a program and an electronic information circulation device.

The electronic information circulation program according to the present invention stores the order information in which the order in which three or more users browse the electronic information and the worker identification information indicating the users in the browsing order are stored. A storage means; a character string information storage means storing character string information for electronic information; a computer accessible to an entry area for receiving input of character string information for electronic information; and a user's judgment for electronic information. A display information generating function for generating display information including a determination instruction unit for receiving an input and a display area for displaying character string information for electronic information stored in the character string information storage unit; A display information output function for outputting the display information generated by the display information generation function to a request source of the request in response to a request from the indicated user; A function for starting processing when receiving an input of the determination via the determination instruction unit of the display information output to the request source by the display information output function, and based on the order information, An update function for updating the worker identification information to the user in the next order, and when the judgment indicating the approval is input to the determination instruction unit, it is possible to refer to the character string information input for the approval action. An access right setting function for setting the access right to be set to all three or more users, and to which user the character string information received through the entry area is the character string information addressed to the user specifying function of specifying on the basis of the information and the request source user identity, through the determination instructing section of the display information output to the requesting by the display information output function of the input of the determination Only in accordance with the attached, said character string information received inputs via the entry region, the user identification information indicative of the requesting user is a registrant of the character string information, of the character string information A character string information registration function for registering in the character string information storage means in association with user identification information indicating a user specified by the specific function as a destination, a first user identification from the request source Use of the character string information corresponding to the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means in response to the search request including the information and the second user identification information to indicate the person who entered the character string information A search function for searching for character string information whose user information matches the first user identification information and whose user information indicating the destination of the character string information matches the second user identification is, the display information generating function, before Of the character string information for the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means, the display information is generated so that the character string information set with the access right that can be referred to by the request source is displayed in the display area. When a search request is made by the request source, the character string information searched by the search function is displayed in the display area among the character string information set with the access right that can be referred to by the request source. The display information is generated as described above .

The display information generating function includes the display information including a node representing each user who browses electronic information and a symbol indicating a browsing order by combining the two nodes according to the order information. And the search request is performed by a selection operation of the symbol by the request source, and the first user identification information is used by a user corresponding to one node coupled to the selected symbol. User identification information, and the second user identification information is user identification information of a user corresponding to the other node coupled to the selected symbol .

The display information generating function includes the display information including a node representing each user who browses electronic information and a symbol indicating a browsing order by combining the two nodes according to the order information. And the access right setting function corresponds to the access right for the character string information associated with the user corresponding to the node coupled to the symbol in response to the symbol selection operation. It is characterized in that it is changed so as to be given only to the user .

The display information generation function displays, in accordance with a display instruction from the user, character string information corresponding to the electronic information corresponding to the display instruction in the display area so as to be distinguishable from character string information not corresponding to the display instruction. The display information is generated as described above .

The electronic information circulation device according to the present invention includes order information that stores order information that defines the order in which three or more users browse electronic information, and worker identification information that indicates the users who are in the browsing order. Storage means, character string information storage means for storing character string information for electronic information, an entry area for receiving input of character string information for electronic information, a determination instruction section for receiving input of a user's judgment for electronic information, Display information generating means for generating display information including a display area for displaying character string information for the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means; and from the user indicated in the worker identification information In response to the request, display information output means for outputting the display information generated by the display information generation means to the request source of the request, and the request source by the display information output means A means for starting a process when receiving an input of the determination via the determination instruction unit of the output display information, and using the worker identification information in the next order based on the order information When the update means for updating the user and a judgment meaning approval are input to the determination instruction unit, all of the access rights that allow reference to the character string information input for the approval action are all The access right setting means for setting the user and the user who is the request source, the user who is the character string information to which the character string information received through the entry area is addressed. specifying means for specifying, based on the identification information, in response to reception of input of the determination through the determination instructing section of the display information output to the requesting by the display information output means, said entry area The character string information received an input via a user identifying information specifying the requesting user is a registrant of the character string information, specified by the specifying means is the destination of the character string information Character string information registration means for registering in the character string information storage means in association with user identification information indicating a user, and first user identification information and second user identification information from the request source Among the character string information corresponding to the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means in response to the search request including the user information indicating the person who entered the character string information is the first user consistent with the identification information, and, possess search means user information indicating the destination of the character string information to search for a character string information that matches with the second user identification, the said display information generating means Is stored in the character string information storage means. Among the character string information for the electronic information, the display information is generated so that the character string information to which the access right that can be referred to by the request source is set is displayed in the display area, and a search request is issued from the request source. If so, the display information is generated so that the character string information searched by the search means is displayed in the display area among the character string information set with the access right that can be referred to by the request source. , characterized in that.

  According to the first and fifth aspects of the present invention, when the user performs registration of the character string information for the electronic information and input of the judgment for the electronic information, according to one instruction operation by the user, the second One process can be executed.

Further , it is not necessary for the user to input the destination of the character string information entered in the entry area.

In addition , it is possible to output character string information associated with the designated writer and destination. It is possible to extract and display only comments related to exchanges between designated circulators.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a case where an electronic document is circulated will be described as an example.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an electronic document circulation system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a document circulation device 30 that corresponds to an electronic information circulation device and implements an electronic document circulation function and a bulletin board function, and an information terminal device 20 used by an electronic document reader are connected to a network 12. The configuration is shown.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer forming each of the document circulation device 30 and the information terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment. Since the document circulation device 30 is a server computer and the information terminal device 20 is a client computer, there may be differences in performance, but since both are computers, the hardware configuration is illustrated as shown in FIG. be able to. In the present embodiment, the computers forming the document circulation device 30 and the information terminal device 20 can be realized by a general-purpose hardware configuration that has existed in the past. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the computer is provided with a CPU 1, a ROM 2, a RAM 3, an HDD controller 5 connected to a hard disk drive (HDD) 4, a mouse 6 and a keyboard 7 provided as input means, and a display device. An input / output controller 9 for connecting each display 8 and a network controller 10 provided as a communication means are connected to an internal bus 11.
In the present embodiment, for example, the HDD 4 included in the document circulation device 30 uses the HDD 4 included in the document circulation device 30 to determine the order in which the plurality of users browse the electronic information and the worker identification information indicating the users in the browsing order. And the character string information storage means for storing the character string information for the electronic information. The CPU 1 of the computer forming the document circulation device 30 executes the electronic information circulation program according to the present embodiment, so that the entry area for receiving the input of the character string information for the electronic information and the user's judgment for the electronic information are determined. A display information generating function for generating display information including a determination instruction unit for accepting an input and a display area for displaying character string information for electronic information stored in the character string information storage means; A display information output function for outputting the display information generated by the display information generation function to the request source of the request in response to a request from the user, and output to the request source by the display information output function The process starts when the input of the determination is received via the determination instruction unit of the displayed display information, and the order information includes Therefore, the update function for updating the worker identification information to indicate the next user in order, the display information output function by the display information output function through the determination instruction unit of the display information A character string information registration function for registering the character string information received through the entry area in the character string information storage means; A specific function for identifying the user to which the character string information received via the character string information is based on the order information and the user identification information of the request source, and the worker identification information Character string information corresponding to electronic information stored in the character string information storage means in response to a search request including the first user identification information and the second user identification information from the indicated user Out of Characters whose user information indicating the entry of the character string information matches the first user identification information and whose user information indicating the destination of the character string information matches the second user identification A search function for searching column information is realized.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the electronic document circulation system in the present embodiment. Since all of the information terminal devices 20 may have the same configuration, only one unit is shown in FIG. The information terminal device 20 includes a communication interface (IF) unit 21, a user interface (UI) unit 22, and a document processing unit 23. The communication interface unit 21 performs data communication with the document circulation device 30. The user interface unit 22 is realized by a browser function, and includes a display unit 24 that displays a screen on the display 8 and an input unit 25 that receives an input, an instruction, and the like using the mouse 6 and the like. The document processing unit 23 is realized by a document application, and browses and edits an electronic document to be circulated according to an instruction from a reader. Each component 21-23 in the information terminal device 20 is implement | achieved by the cooperative operation | movement of the program which operate | moves with the computer which forms the information terminal device 20, and CPU1 mounted in the computer.

  The document circulation device 30 includes a communication interface (IF) unit 31, a circulation management unit 32, a bulletin board management unit 33, an access right setting unit 34, a display control unit 35, a document management unit 36, a control unit 37, a circulation information storage unit 38, A bulletin board information storage unit 39, an access right information storage unit 40, and a circulation document storage unit 41 are provided. The communication interface unit 31 performs data communication with the information terminal device 20. The circulation management unit 32 is a means for realizing the main functions of the circulation function and the update function described above in the document circulation device 30. In the present embodiment, the circulation information storage unit 38 is used to determine the circulation order and circulation of each reader. Manage the status of The bulletin board management unit 33 is a means for realizing the main parts of the electronic bulletin board function, the aforementioned character string information registration function, the specific function, and the search function in the document circulation device 30. In the present embodiment, the bulletin board information storage unit 39 Used to link the circulation function and the electronic bulletin board function. The access right setting unit 34 controls access to each comment by setting an access right for each comment written on the electronic bulletin board in accordance with an instruction from the reader or by automatic processing. The display control unit 35 realizes main parts of the web function, the display information generation function and the display information output function described above, and displays information related to circulation on the information terminal device 20 in a bulletin board format. The document management unit 36 manages the circulation target electronic document stored in the circulation document storage unit 41. The control unit 37 performs overall control of the respective components 31 to 36 provided in the document circulation device 30.

  The components 31 to 37 in the document circulation device 30 are realized by a cooperative operation of a computer that forms the document circulation device 30 and a program that operates on the CPU 1 mounted on the computer. The storage units 37 to 41 are realized by the HDD 4 mounted on the document circulation device 30.

  Further, the program used in this embodiment can be provided not only by communication means but also by storing it in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. The program provided from the communication means or the recording medium is installed in the computer, and various processes are realized by the CPU of the computer sequentially executing the installation program.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of circulation information stored in the circulation information storage unit 38 in the present embodiment. In the circulation information, the circulation order, the circulator, the circulation state, and the approval date and time are set in association with each other. For the reader, identification information that can uniquely identify a person (or group) who approves the electronic document to be circulated is set. However, in this embodiment, for the sake of convenience, the position of the reader is used. Indicated. The circulation order and the circulator included in the circulation information are information that should be set in advance before the circulation is started. The advance setting of these pieces of information is set and registered in the circulation information storage unit 38 by the circulation management unit 32 in response to an operation instruction by a regular employee of the electronic document provider.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of bulletin board information stored in the bulletin board information storage unit 39 in the present embodiment. In the bulletin board information, a comment written by using the electronic bulletin board function includes a comment ID for identifying the comment, a writer of the comment, a writing date and time, a circulation state of the circulator after writing the comment, and a link. The original comment ID and the link information are associated with each other and generated when the comment is written. The link source comment ID is information indicating the relationship between a written comment and a written comment that has already been written. In this embodiment, when there is a relationship, the comment ID of the comment that becomes the link source is set in the item of the link source comment ID. In addition, the written comment specifies which reader the comment is addressed to from the circulation state of the comment writer, but the linkage information is information indicating a set of the comment writer and the comment destination.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of access right information stored in the access right information storage unit 40 according to the present embodiment. In the access right information, identification information of a reader who is permitted to view the comment is set in correspondence with the comment ID of the comment written on the electronic bulletin board.

  Next, the functions provided by the present embodiment and the operations for realizing the functions will be described. Before that, the format of the user interface screen used in the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the format of a circulation screen displayed on the screen when using the circulation function in the present embodiment. Fig. 7 shows the circulation performed in this order by the regular employee, the section chief, and the section manager, and the circulation is completed when both the section manager and the section manager approve the electronic document created by the regular employee. An example screen is shown. In FIG. 7, a display area 51 for the circulation title (“Request for approval of the X area business daily report”) is displayed at the top of the display screen, and below this, the reader who performs this circulation processing and the order of circulation are known. Thus, a node 52 and an arc 53 are shown. The arc 53 is a symbol shown between the nodes 52 to indicate the flow of the circulation process. In the present embodiment, it is indicated by an arrow. The node 52 indicates the section of the reader connected by the arc 53, and information for identifying each reader is displayed in a frame indicating the node 52. In the present embodiment, the character information “[approved]” indicating approval is displayed together with the identification information of the reader and the approved reader. On the right side of the display area of the circulation processing information indicated by the node 52 and the arc 53, the document icon 53 is displayed together with the document name, and when the document icon 54 is clicked and selected, the circulation target document is information used by the reader. It is displayed on the display 8 of the terminal device 20. Further, on the right side, a display area 55 of identification information of the user who logs in to the information terminal device 20 and displays the screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

  A comment area 56 provided below the display area for the circulation processing information is an input area for the reader to write a comment. Various buttons 57 to 60 are provided to validate the comment written in the comment area 56 and display it in the comment display area 64 of the bulletin board information display area 61. Among these buttons, the comment writing button is a button that is selected when writing only a comment without changing the circulation state. The approval, rejection, and return buttons 58 to 60 are buttons that are selected when a comment is written and at the same time the electronic document to be circulated is approved, rejected, or returned. Further, according to the selection of the buttons 58 to 60, the circulation state of the reader is also changed. The bulletin board information display area 61 will be described below together with the operation of the present embodiment.

  In response to a document registration request from a regular employee using the information terminal device 20, the control unit 37 in the document circulation device 30 sends the electronic document to be circulated sent from the information terminal device 20 to the document management unit 36. Is registered in the circulation document storage unit 41. When a regular employee designates a circulator and its circulation order from a predetermined setting screen (not shown) displayed on the display 8 of the information terminal device 20, the user interface unit 22 circulates the circulation including the designated information. An information registration request is sent to the document circulation device 30. When receiving the circulation information registration request, the control unit 37 causes the circulation management unit 32 to generate circulation information having the data configuration illustrated in FIG. 4 and register the circulation information in the circulation information storage unit 38. At this time, since the circulation has not started and has not been approved, the circulation state and the approval date / time included in the circulation information remain blank (undefined). Further, when the regular employee sets information regarding the electronic document to be circulated, such as the document name and storage location, and the circulation title, the control unit 37 accepts the designated information and sends the received information to the circulation management unit 32. It is registered in the circulation information storage unit 38 in association with the circulation information. The associated information is not shown.

  When the initial setting process for circulation is completed as described above, a normal employee sends a display request for the circulation screen illustrated in FIG. 7 by a predetermined operation. When the control unit 37 receives the display request, the display control unit 35 manages information necessary for displaying the circulation screen from the circulation information storage unit 38 via the circulation management unit 32 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 37. The information is acquired from the bulletin board information storage unit 39 via the unit 33. It should be noted that necessary information is not yet registered in the bulletin board information storage unit 39 at the start time. And the display control part 35 produces | generates the circulation screen illustrated in FIG. 7 based on the acquired information, and displays it on the display 8 on the user interface part 22 of the information terminal device 20 of a display request origin. At this time, the display control unit 35 refers to the access right information set in the access right information storage unit 40, thereby confirming the access right of the circulator who requested the display, and only the information permitted to be browsed is displayed. Process to be displayed.

  At this time, no comment or the like is displayed in the bulletin board information display area 61. Here, when a regular employee located at the top of the circulation order writes a comment (“Approve please” according to the example of FIG. 7) in the comment area 56 of the circulation screen, and clicks the approval button 58 to select the bulletin board management. The unit 33 receives the input comment via the control unit 37, generates bulletin board information with the comment ID “1” illustrated in FIG. 5 and registers it in the bulletin board information storage unit 39. Since the bulletin board information to be generated is the first, the comment ID is automatically set to “1” and the state is set to “start”. When the approval button 58 is selected, “approval” is originally set in the state, but “start” is set as illustrated in FIG. 5 only in the first case. Furthermore, the comment written in the comment area 56 in the information terminal device 20 is set in the comment item of the bulletin board information, and “plain employee” that can be specified from the login user of the information terminal device 20 is set in the writer item. The current time is set in the writing date / time item. Furthermore, since it is clear that the comment written at the start is a comment written by the first employee with the circulation order addressed to the second chief, the linkage information includes the comment writer and the comment recipient. “1-2” and the circulation order of each circulator are set in association with each other so that the combination of the above can be understood. At this time, since a predetermined operation instruction indicating that the input comment is a comment for the written comment has not been given, no comment ID is set in the link source comment ID.

  Further, the circulation management unit 32 sets “Approved” as the circulation status in the circulation information of the normal employee and sets the current time as the approval date and time to the “Approved” reader by selecting the approval button 58 by the normal employee. “Processing” is set in the circulation state of the subsequent reader (in this example, “person in charge”).

  In response to the update of the circulation information and the bulletin board information, the display control unit 35 acquires the circulation information and the bulletin board information from the management units 32 and 33 and generates a circulation screen to be displayed on the user interface unit 22. At this time, an explanation is further automatically generated indicating that the person to be circulated has moved to the next section chief. In this way, the comment line 71 and the comment line 72 illustrated in FIG. 7 are displayed on the circulation screen.

  By the way, each comment line includes an area for displaying the following information. That is, the comment ID of the bulletin board information, that is, the identification information of the comment is displayed in the “ID” display area 62. In the “status” display area 63, the notice status is displayed when the circulation status of the bulletin board information, that is, when the approval or return button 58, 60 is selected and a comment is written. When the comment writing button 57 is selected, nothing is set. In the “comment” display area 64, comments on the bulletin board information, that is, written comments, and explanations automatically generated by the document circulation device 30 are displayed. In the “writer” display area 65, identification information of the writer of the bulletin board information, that is, the reader who wrote the comment is displayed. In the “writing date and time” display area 66, the writing date and time of the bulletin board information, that is, the date and time when the comment was written is displayed.

  By the way, if it is approved by the normal employee who wrote the comment, the contents of the comment line 71 must be made available to the supervisor who is the next circulator in addition to the normal employee. Therefore, the access right setting unit 34 makes it possible to view the bulletin board information with the comment ID “1” in addition to the regular employee as well as the assistant manager as shown in FIG. The access right information is generated by associating each of the identification information with each other and registered in the access right information storage unit 40.

  The information terminal device 20 and the document circulation device 30 are basically registered in the bulletin board information in other circulation states such as approval and return by performing the above-described operations in cooperation with each other. The state and the written comment are displayed on the circulation screen. When a comment for a comment is written, bulletin board information with comment IDs “3” and “4” in FIG. 5 is generated, and comment lines 74 and 75 are displayed according to the bulletin board information. When the return button 60 is selected and a comment is written, the circulation management unit 32 returns the circulation state of the reader (in this example, “section manager”) who has selected the return button 60 to blank and the circulation of the circulation. “Processing” is set in the circulation state of the previous reader (in this example, “person in charge”).

  Then, when approved by the section manager who is the last approver, the display control unit 35 causes the comment line 81 to display an explanatory note indicating that fact. Then, the circulation process for the electronic document to be circulated ends. If the denial button 59 is selected, it means that the approval has not been finally obtained, and in this case as well, the circulation process for the electronic document to be circulated ends.

  In the present embodiment, when the circulation function is executed as described above, the electronic bulletin board function is operated in cooperation, and information related to the circulation is displayed in the electronic bulletin board format. The reader may refer to the circulation screen and write a comment to the next or previous reader at a desired timing.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which all the comments regarding the electronic document to be circulated are displayed. In the following, according to the display instruction from the circulator, the comment corresponding to the instruction is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other comments. Application examples of various displays will be described.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen that is displayed when the arc 53 between the normal employee and the section chief node 52 is selected by clicking on the circulation screen of FIG. As is clear from the comparison with FIG. 7, the bulletin board information display area 61 is displayed by narrowing down to only the comments written by the normal employees and the section chiefs corresponding to the nodes 52 on both sides of the clicked arc 53. I understand. That is, when the arc 53 is click-selected, the display control unit 35 extracts only the bulletin board information relating to the regular employees and the chiefs corresponding to the nodes 52 on both sides of the arc 53 from the bulletin board information storage unit 39 and generates a circulation screen. . More specifically, referring to the link information set in each bulletin board information, the bulletin board information of “1-2” indicating the pair of the regular employee and the general manager is extracted. This makes it easier to focus on the exchanges between the regular employees and the general manager. Further, the selected arc 53 may be displayed so as to be clearly visible at a glance by changing the display form such as making the color of the selected arc 53 different from other arcs.

  This function is a function for displaying only comments written by the reader located before and after the selected arc. A circulation screen is generated by this function, and a guidance display area 82 for recognizing the narrowed reader is provided on the circulation screen. The display may be returned to the original circulation screen illustrated in FIG. 7 by selecting the arc 53 again by clicking or selecting a return button (not shown).

  Next, FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed when the user clicks and selects the arc 53 between each node 52 of the regular employee and the section chief on the circulation screen of FIG. Unlike the function shown in FIG. 8, in the display function described here, in the bulletin board information display area 61, a comment written by a regular employee corresponding to the nodes 52 on both sides of the clicked arc 53 and a section chief is written. To highlight. In FIG. 9, highlighting is shown by adding dots. Otherwise, the function may be the same as that shown in FIG.

  Next, FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed when the section manager's node 52 is selected by clicking on the circulation screen of FIG. As is clear from the comparison with FIG. 7, it can be seen that the bulletin board information display area 61 is displayed by narrowing down only the comments related to the section manager corresponding to the clicked node 52. That is, when the node 52 is click-selected, the display control unit 35 extracts only the bulletin board information related to the section manager corresponding to the node 52 from the bulletin board information storage unit 39 and generates a circulation screen. More specifically, referring to the link information set in each bulletin board information, the bulletin board information that is “3” indicating the section manager is extracted. This makes it easier to focus on the exchanges related to the section manager.

  Next, in the circulation screen of FIG. 7, when clicking and selecting the arc 53 between each node 52 of the regular employee and the section chief, the access right setting unit 34 corresponds to the nodes 52 on both sides of the selected arc 53. The access right is set so that only the regular employee and the supervisor can refer to the bulletin board information regarding the regular employee and the supervisor. That is, when the section chief writes the comment ID “4” and approves it, and the section manager becomes an object to be approved, the access right holders with the comment IDs “1” to “4” are the regular employees and the section chief. The section manager is added and access right information is set. In other words, the section manager can refer to the bulletin board information of the comment IDs “1” to “4” whose linkage information is “1-2”. When the arc 53 between each node 52 of the regular employee and the supervisor is click-selected by the regular employee or the supervisor, the access right setting unit 34 includes the comment IDs “1” to “1” whose linkage information is “1-2”. “4” is extracted from the bulletin board information, and “section manager” is deleted from the access right holders included in the access right information corresponding to the comment IDs “1” to “4”. As a result, the comments with the corresponding comment IDs “1” to “4” cannot be referred to by the section manager.

  Note that both the function described above and the function described with reference to FIG. 8 are selected by clicking the arc 53 as an operation instruction for exerting the function. Therefore, in order to enable both functions simultaneously in the document circulation system, the functions may be executed by different operations. For example, a list of functions may be displayed by right-clicking the arc 53, and the narrowed-down display function described with reference to FIG. 8 or the access control function described above may be selected from the list.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of another format of the circulation screen displayed while the circulation process is in progress. As illustrated in FIG. 11, each command line 71 to 75 is associated with a reply comment button display area 83 for displaying a selectable button when a comment is returned to the displayed comment. Yes. Note that the display areas 65 and 66 are omitted from FIG.

  In FIG. 11, each button 57-60 is positioned as a button for writing a new comment. Accordingly, the buttons 57 to 60 for the circulation operation (approval, denial, and return) accompanied by a new comment can be selected when the user (section manager in this example) is in the circulation process. On the other hand, the comment writing button 57 in the reply comment button is assigned to all comments. That is, it is possible to reply to all comments. The approval button in the reply comment button can be set for the latest one of the comments by the previous reader (in this case, the chief clerk) during the circulation process. The denial button in the reply comment button can be set for all comments when the reply button is being circulated. The send back button with the reply comment in the reply comment button can be set for the comment by the immediately preceding circulator (here, the chief).

  According to the example shown in FIG. 11, the section manager can write a comment for any of the comments displayed on the circulation screen, and may select a desired button according to the purpose. In the present embodiment, a reply comment button display area 83 is provided, and a button is displayed in the display area 83 as a part for instructing a reply of a comment. You may implement | achieve this function with display forms other than having illustrated in FIG. 11, such as making it right-click and displaying a pull-down menu.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the format of a circulation screen when the electronic document circulation system in the present embodiment is applied to a data input / update system. In the case of this system, means for managing input / update of data is provided instead of the document management unit 36 shown in FIG. 3, and means for storing contract information is provided instead of the circulation document storage unit 41. As in this example, the electronic document in the present embodiment may be applied to various electronic document circulation processing systems. Further, not only electronic documents but also electronic information (electronic information) can be targeted. For example, image information, drawing information, program source code, moving image information, audio information can be targeted. Good.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an electronic document circulation system according to an embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the computer which each forms the document circulation apparatus and information terminal device in this Embodiment. It is a block block diagram of the electronic document circulation system in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structural example of the circulation information memorize | stored in the circulation information storage part in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structural example of the bulletin board information memorize | stored in the bulletin board information storage part in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structural example of the access right information memorize | stored in the access right information storage part in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the format of the circulation screen in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the other example of a circulation screen in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the other example of a circulation screen in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the other example of a circulation screen in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the other example of a circulation screen in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the format of the circulation screen at the time of applying the circulation system based on this invention to the system for data input / update.

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  1 CPU, 2 ROM, 3 RAM, 4 hard disk drive (HDD), 5 HDD controller, 6 mouse, 7 keyboard, 8 display, 9 input / output controller, 10 network controller, 11 internal bus, 12 network, 20 information terminal device, 21 communication interface unit, 22 user interface unit, 23 document processing unit, 24 display unit, 25 input unit, 30 document circulation device, 31 communication interface unit, 32 circulation management unit, 33 bulletin board management unit, 34 access right setting unit, 35 Display control unit, 36 document management unit, 37 control unit, 38 circulation information storage unit, 39 bulletin board information storage unit, 40 access right information storage unit, 41 circulation document storage unit.

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Order information storage means for storing order information that determines the order in which electronic information is viewed by three or more users, and worker identification information indicating the users who are in the order of browsing, and character string information for the electronic information To the character string information storage means storing the
An entry area for receiving input of character string information for electronic information, a determination instruction unit for receiving input of a user's determination for electronic information, and a display for displaying character string information for electronic information stored in the character string information storage means Display information generation function for generating display information including an area,
In response to a request from the user indicated in the worker identification information, a display information output function for outputting the display information generated by the display information generation function to the request source of the request;
A function for starting processing when receiving the input of the determination via the determination instruction unit of the display information output to the request source by the display information output function, and based on the order information, An update function for updating the worker identification information to the user in the next order;
When a judgment meaning approval is input to the judgment instruction unit, an access right for setting access rights for all the three or more users to enable reference to the character string information input for the approval action. Setting function,
A specific function for specifying which user is the character string information addressed to the character string information received through the entry area, based on the order information and the user identification information of the request source,
The character string information received through the entry area in response to the input of the determination through the determination instruction unit of the display information output to the request source by the display information output function. , Corresponding to the user identification information indicating the user of the request source who is the entry person of the character string information, and the user identification information indicating the user specified by the specific function which is the destination of the character string information attached to the character string information registration function of registering the character string information storage means,
In response to the search request including the first user identification information and the second user identification information from the request source, the character string information corresponding to the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means Among them, the user information indicating the person who entered the character string information matches the first user identification information, and the user information indicating the destination of the character string information matches the second user identification. Search function to search string information,
Realized ,
The display information generation function includes:
Among the character string information for the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means, the display information is displayed so that the character string information set with the access right that can be referred to by the request source is displayed in the display area. Generate
When a search request is made from the request source, the character string information searched by the search function is displayed in the display area among the character string information set with an access right that can be referred to by the request source. Generating the display information;
An electronic information circulation program characterized by that . The display information generation function generates the display information including a node representing each user browsing electronic information and a symbol indicating a browsing order by combining the two nodes according to the order information. And
The search request is performed by the selection operation of the symbol by the request source,
The first user identification information is user identification information of a user corresponding to one node combined with the selected symbol,
The second user identification information is user identification information of a user corresponding to the other node combined with the selected symbol.
The electronic information circulation program according to claim 1. The display information generation function generates the display information including a node representing each user browsing electronic information and a symbol indicating a browsing order by combining the two nodes according to the order information. And
The access right setting function gives an access right to the character string information associated with the user corresponding to the node coupled to the symbol according to the symbol selection operation only to the user corresponding to the node. Change to grant,
The electronic information circulation program according to claim 1. Wherein the display information generating function, in accordance with the display instruction from the user, the character string information for the electronic information corresponding to the display instruction to the display area is identifiably displayed character string information does not correspond to the display instruction electronic information circulation program according to claim 1, characterized in that to generate the display information so. Order information storage means for storing order information that defines the order in which three or more users browse electronic information, and worker identification information indicating users who are in the browsing order;
Character string information storage means for storing character string information for electronic information;
An entry area for receiving input of character string information for electronic information, a determination instruction unit for receiving input of a user's determination for electronic information, and a display for displaying character string information for electronic information stored in the character string information storage means Display information generating means for generating display information including an area;
In response to a request from the user indicated in the worker identification information, display information output means for outputting the display information generated by the display information generation means to the request source of the request;
Means for starting processing when receiving the input of the determination via the determination instruction section of the display information output to the request source by the display information output means, and based on the order information, Updating means for updating the worker identification information to the user in the next order;
When a judgment meaning approval is input to the judgment instruction unit, an access right for setting access rights for all the three or more users to enable reference to the character string information input for the approval action. Setting means;
A specifying means for specifying which user is the character string information to which the character string information received through the entry area is based on the order information and the user identification information of the request source;
The character string information received through the entry area in response to the input of the determination via the determination instruction unit of the display information output to the request source by the display information output means. , Corresponding to the user identification information indicating the user of the request source who is the entry person of the character string information, and the user identification information indicating the user specified by the specifying means as the destination of the character string information and character string information registering means for registering the character string information storage means put,
In response to the search request including the first user identification information and the second user identification information from the request source, the character string information corresponding to the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means Among them, the user information indicating the person who entered the character string information matches the first user identification information, and the user information indicating the destination of the character string information matches the second user identification. Search means for searching character string information to be
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The display information generating means includes
Among the character string information for the electronic information stored in the character string information storage means, the display information is displayed so that the character string information set with the access right that can be referred to by the request source is displayed in the display area. Generate
When a search request is made from the request source, the character string information searched by the search means is displayed in the display area among the character string information set with an access right that can be referred to by the request source. Generating the display information;
An electronic information circulation device characterized by that.

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