Abstract: A conference support apparatus includes: a conference management section that stores screen information obtained by the object operation to manage screen transition in the conference; a branch management section that stores branch information for discriminating a branch point in association with the screen on which a branching operation is performed to manage a branch point of the conference when the branching operation is performed to branch the discussion; and a digest creation section that refers to branch information to specify the digest part that connects the start point and the end point from which a branch is excluded when the branch is included between the start point and the end point and extracts screen information about a screen included in the specified digest part to create a conference digest on the basis of the screen information corresponding to the specified digest part when a digest creation operation is performed.

Abstract: A device for determining interest includes a storage portion configured to store, on a user-by-user basis, a co-occurrence frequency in correlation with a user, the co-occurrence frequency indicating how many times a pair of words is used in a same cluster of a first document, on a pair-by-pair basis, to which the user gained access previously; a designating portion configured to allow a person who is to conduct a search to designate a second document and any one of the users; and a determination portion configured to determine that, among the pairs, a pair which is used in a same cluster of the designated second document and which also satisfies a predetermined condition of the co-occurrence frequency corresponding to the designated user is a particular pair in the second document which is probably of high interest to the designated user.

Abstract: A document display support device includes a first processor configured to manage a shared document displayed in three or more terminals each of which has a display device; a memory configured to store at least information corresponding to a display region, of the shared document, displayed in each of the three or more terminals; and a first communication interface configured to perform communication with each of the three or more terminals. The first processor identifies a common region, the common region being common to, out of the three or more terminals, the display region in each of two or more terminals except one particular terminal. The first processor informs said one particular terminal of the common region or a predetermined point of the common region through the first communication interface.

Abstract: A processing apparatus and plural terminals are connected by a communication network. On receiving local data from one of the terminals, a controller of the processing apparatus extracts properties of one or more objects from the local data, compares each property extracted from the local data with a common property and determines whether to keep or change the each property. If the extracted property is the same as the common property, the controller keeps the property as it is. Otherwise, the controller determines whether to keep the individual property which differs from the common property as it is or to change the individual property to the corresponding common property, in accordance with whether the individual property meets a predetermined criterion. Using the determined property, the controller writes each of the one or more objects of the local data into the common file, and stores the common file.

Abstract: An object operation system includes a display section, an operation section and a controller. In response to recognizing a multi-touch gesture to touch a screen of the display section at three or more touch points simultaneously on the basis of information output from the operation section, the controller determines an operation target of the multi-touch gesture in accordance with whether or not a predetermined number of touch points among the three or more of touch points are located on one object or the area of an object group displayed on the screen, where the predetermined number is two or more. In response to a change in position of at least one of the predetermined number of touch points, the controller operates the operation target in accordance with the change.

Abstract: A conference support apparatus includes: a conference management section that stores screen information obtained by the object operation to manage screen transition in the conference; a branch management section that stores branch information for discriminating a branch point in association with the screen on which a branching operation is performed to manage a branch point of the conference when the branching operation is performed to branch the discussion; and a digest creation section that refers to branch information to specify the digest part that connects the start point and the end point from which a branch is excluded when the branch is included between the start point and the end point and extracts screen information about a screen included in the specified digest part to create a conference digest on the basis of the screen information corresponding to the specified digest part when a digest creation operation is performed.

Abstract: An object operation system includes a display section which can display objects thereon, an operation section which allows a user to operate an object displayed on the display section, and a control section which controls the display section and the operation section. The control section calculates display sizes of a plurality of objects displayed on the display section as operation targets, calculates statistic information about the display sizes, and determines whether the statistic information meets a criterion defined in advance. On determining that the statistic information does not meet the criterion, the control section prevents a specific operation performed through the operation section on at least one of the plurality of objects.

Abstract: A profile management system managing a profile created for an individual person, includes: a document separation unit that separates documents specified as targets of processing by a user of a device handling document data, into event documents related to events scheduled to be held or having been already held and other documents; an importance determination unit that determines whether an event related to the event document separated by the document separation unit is important for the user, based on information recorded in a personal profile corresponding to the user and information recorded in an event profile corresponding to the event; and a personal profile edit unit that extracts words from an event document related to an event determined as important by the importance determination unit, out of the event documents separated by the document separation unit, and records the words as keywords in the personal profile corresponding to the user.

Abstract: A device for determining interest includes a storage portion configured to store, on a user-by-user basis, a co-occurrence frequency in correlation with a user, the co-occurrence frequency indicating how many times a pair of words is used in a same cluster of a first document, on a pair-by-pair basis, to which the user gained access previously; a designating portion configured to allow a person who is to conduct a search to designate a second document and any one of the users; and a determination portion configured to determine that, among the pairs, a pair which is used in a same cluster of the designated second document and which also satisfies a predetermined condition of the co-occurrence frequency corresponding to the designated user is a particular pair in the second document which is probably of high interest to the designated user.

Abstract: A portion identifying a file attribute identifies an attribute of an unconverted file (e.g., a name of an application used to create a document). A file format converter converts the file in a selected format. A portion adding a file attribute and writing it to a file provides the identified file attribute in the form of text and adds it to the file. After a file is converted in format, an original file attribute can still be referred to. A file attribute, such as an application used to create a document, can be used to sort and search for a file.

Abstract: A data communication device capable of facilitating file management compared to conventional methods is provided. The data communication device includes an image file storage portion for memorizing an image file to be sent to a user at the other end, a transmission information setting portion for setting transmission information necessary for sending the image file to the user at the other end, a file combining portion for generating a composite file by adding the transmission information to the image file and an e-mail message transmission portion for sending the generated composite file to the user at the other end.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus obtains an amount of sheets remaining in its accommodation unit and from that amount determines whether a print job of interest can successfully be processed for printing. If so, then the print job of interest is processed for printing. If not, a print notification dialog box is output to provide notification that the print job cannot successfully be processed for printing and that it is necessary to resupply sheets required to process the print job for printing.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a test data generator that generates test data instead of actual data entered for executing a workflow consisting of a plurality of unit works, if an instruction is given to test the workflow; a test process executor that executes a test process by processing the generated test data according to parameters for executing the unit works; a test process suspender that suspends the test process if a trouble happens during the test process; a notifier that notifies a user of a trouble if it happens during the test process; a parameter modifier that is capable of modifying the parameters if the test process is suspended due to the trouble; and a test process resuming portion that resumes the test process after the parameters are modified.

Abstract: A data communication device capable of facilitating file management compared to conventional methods is provided. The data communication device includes an image file storage portion for memorizing an image file to be sent to a user at the other end, a transmission information setting portion for setting transmission information necessary for sending the image file to the user at the other end, a file combining portion for generating a composite file by adding the transmission information to the image file and an e-mail message transmission portion for sending the generated composite file to the user at the other end.

Abstract: A workspace control unit performs a process on a common work area screen for sharing information, and an information processor display transmission and reception unit transmits to a display of an information processor the common work area screen processed by the workspace control unit. An information processor manipulation detection unit detects manipulation performed on the common work area screen of the information processor. A peripheral control unit controls a peripheral based on control information managed by a peripheral control information management unit according to the result of detection by the information processor manipulation detection unit.

Abstract: A data communication device capable of facilitating file management compared to conventional methods is provided. The data communication device includes an image file storage portion for memorizing an image file to be sent to a user at the other end, a transmission information setting portion for setting transmission information necessary for sending the image file to the user at the other end, a file combining portion for generating a composite file by adding the transmission information to the image file and an e-mail message transmission portion for sending the generated composite file to the user at the other end.

Abstract: An image display system is provided that has a plurality of compact, easy to carry, and easy to use display devices. The image display system having the feature of transmitting image data and also supplying power successively for every prescribed number of display apparatuses from a host machine to a plurality of display devices provided with a reflection type display device having a memory effect.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus obtains an amount of sheets remaining in its accommodation unit and from that amount determines whether a print job of interest can successfully be processed for printing. If so, then the print job of interest is processed for printing. If not, a print notification dialog box is output to provide notification that the print job cannot successfully be processed for printing and that it is necessary to resupply sheets required to process the print job for printing.

Abstract: A data communication device capable of facilitating file management compared to conventional methods is provided. The data communication device includes an image file storage portion for memorizing an image file to be sent to a user at the other end, a transmission information setting portion for setting transmission information necessary for sending the image file to the user at the other end, a file combining portion for generating a composite file by adding the transmission information to the image file and an e-mail message transmission portion for sending the generated composite file to the user at the other end.

Abstract: A workspace control unit performs a process on a common work area screen for sharing information, and an information processor display transmission and reception unit transmits to a display of an information processor the common work area screen processed by the workspace control unit. An information processor manipulation detection unit detects manipulation performed on the common work area screen of the information processor. A peripheral control unit controls a peripheral based on control information managed by a peripheral control information management unit according to the result of detection by the information processor manipulation detection unit.