Abstract: A scanned image management device comprises a receiving unit which receives a scanned image. A selecting unit causes a user to select a tag from among a set of pre-defined tags or newly generated tags. A first registering unit generates an image-to-tag association between a scanned image and a selected tag to register the scanned image with the image-to-tag association. A second registering unit generates a tag-to-tag association between tags independently defined for scanned images to register the tag-to-tag association. A retrieving unit retrieves a target scanned image by using the selected tag, the image-to-tag association, and the tag-to-tag association.

Abstract: A document management apparatus is configured to designate a desired document in a series of documents managed under a DMA document object model and to make a connection to a desired node in a hierarchical tree-structure of the desired document is provided. The document management apparatus includes an apparatus configured to accept a document call request for the desired document, that is made by a requesting device by presenting a document ID designating the desired document and specifying the desired node and to make connections to the specified nodes. The document ID includes a character string indicating a location of the desired document and character strings designating respective nodes in the hierarchical tree-structure of the desired document.

Abstract: A user apparatus makes a meta data obtaining request to a delivering apparatus, the request including designation of an element to customize, which element exists in a predetermined location of a description of the structured language of the meta data to obtain, as well as format designation designating a variable to be located in the element and a format thereof. The delivering apparatus every time dynamically replaces the contents of the corresponding element of the description of the structured language of the meta data to output, with a value corresponding to the variable and the format designated by the format designation, based on the designation of the element and the format designation, according to different requests from respective user apparatuses.

Abstract: A document management device is disclosed that enables usage of a usage-permitted folder while ensuring high security without imposing an additional load on a network. The document management device has a reception unit for receiving a request from a client for acquiring usage permission information that permits usage of a document storage unit, a generation unit for generating the usage permission information in response to the received request, and a transmission unit for transmitting the usage permission information to the client.

Abstract: A print system in which one or more printers are connected to a print server through a network is disclosed, including: a part acquiring printer information indicating a state of the printer from each of the one or more printers at an appropriate timing; a part generating and distributing metadata including biographical information of a document subject to be printed out at the printer and data storage location information from the print server; and a part generating and distributing applicable print data based on the print information corresponding to the printer which sent a request when the request is received based on the metadata from the printer to acquire the applicable print data of the document subject to be printed out.

Abstract: An image processing device is disclosed that includes an image reading unit to read a manuscript including image information and additional information related to the image information, an extraction unit to extract the image information and the additional information from manuscript image data of the manuscript, and a processing unit to perform processing on the image information based on the additional information.

Abstract: A scanned image management device comprises a receiving unit which receives a scanned image. A selecting unit causes a user to select a tag from among a set of pre-defined tags or newly generated tags. A first registering unit generates an image-to-tag association between a scanned image and a selected tag to register the scanned image with the image-to-tag association. A second registering unit generates a tag-to-tag association between tags independently defined for scanned images to register the tag-to-tag association. A retrieving unit retrieves a target scanned image by using the selected tag, the image-to-tag association, and the tag-to-tag association.

Abstract: In a document-management device in an embodiment of the invention, a printing unit prints an automatic registration request page on a sheet in response to a print request from a user on a screen displayed on a client. A data receiving unit receives scanned image data containing image data of paper documents and image data of the printed sheet. An information acquiring unit receives a portion of the automatic registration request page separated from the scanned image data, to acquire information of a site identifying code. A registering unit registers a remaining portion of the scanned image data to an existing system according to the information of the site identifying code.

Abstract: In a document-management device which supports a task of electronizing paper documents and registering electronic data of the documents to an existing system having a user interface provided to register electronic data, a request receiving unit receives a code assignment request from a user when a user interface screen corresponding to an electronic-data registration site of the existing system is displayed on a client. A code generating unit generates a site identifying code identifying the registration site of the existing system after the code assignment request is received. A screen generating unit generates a screen containing an image of the site identifying code, the screen provided for the user to print an automatic registration request page which is scanned simultaneously with scanning of the paper documents.

Abstract: A document management device is disclosed that enables usage of a usage-permitted folder while ensuring high security without imposing an additional load on a network. The document management device has a reception unit for receiving a request from a client for acquiring usage permission information that permits usage of a document storage unit, a generation unit for generating the usage permission information in response to the received request, and a transmission unit for transmitting the usage permission information to the client.

Abstract: A license management server manages service use licenses so that a necessary number of the service use licenses are used only when they are actually needed. A license acquisition request receiving section receives an acquisition request for the license from a service offer service. A license sending section sends the service use license to the service offer service in response to the acquisition request for the license.

Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes a service providing section to provide services. The service providing section has an authentication information managing section to manage authentication information related to the services and having a term of validity, an extension request accepting section to accept an extension request to extend the term of validity of the authentication information, and an authentication information updating section to extend the term of validity of the authentication information depending on the extension request.

Abstract: A service offering apparatus can offer various services, which relates to objects such as document data, with a limited right to a client having no account while maintaining security. The service offering apparatus receives an acquisition request for requesting an acquisition of authentication information used for establishing a session having a limited right with respect to the service offering apparatus and the objects. The service offering apparatus transmits the authentication information, and receives a start request for requesting a start of the session containing the authentication information from a client different from an end to which the authentication information is transmitted.

Abstract: A document management apparatus is configured to designate a desired document in a series of documents managed under a DMA document object model and to make a connection to a desired node in a hierarchical tree-structure of the desired document is provided. The document management apparatus includes an apparatus configured to accept a document call request for the desired document, that is made by a requesting device by presenting a document ID designating the desired document and specifying the desired node and to make connections to the specified nodes. The document ID includes a character string indicating a location of the desired document and character strings designating respective nodes in the hierarchical tree-structure of the desired document.

Abstract: Separation of air to produce oxygen, nitrogen and other materials is done by liquefaction and rectification under low pressure to achieve a large saving of the power requirement. The cold of LNG (liquefied natural gas) is utilized for cooling feed air and compressed gas (principally nitrogen), and this gas is compressed at an extremely low temperature so as to achieve further saving of power.