Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to: authenticate a user designated as a utilizer of a document; enable the authenticated user to instruct a processing apparatus to perform processing of the document, the processing apparatus being different from the information processing apparatus; and disable the authenticated user to access the document from the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: one or more internal devices that are connected to an internal network, the internal network being connected to an external network through a firewall; and an intermediation device that can communicate with the internal network and the external network; each of the internal devices including: a storage unit that stores one or more documents and metadata of each of the documents; and a request acceptance unit that accepts, from a user, a request for processing by an external server on the external network as to one of the documents stored in the storage unit, and transmits the accepted request to the intermediation device; the intermediation device including: a request transmission unit as defined herein.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a designation unit that allows a user of a transmission source of a document to designate a transmission destination user and a transmission destination terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits the document and transmission destination information indicative of the transmission destination user and the transmission destination terminal designated with the designation unit to an apparatus that transmits the document to the transmission destination terminal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to: authenticate a user designated as a utilizer of a document; enable the authenticated user to instruct a processing apparatus to perform processing of the document, the processing apparatus being different from the information processing apparatus; and disable the authenticated user to access the document from the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A document management system includes a control device, a processing terminal, and a management apparatus. The control device and the processing terminal are disposed on a local network. The management apparatus is disposed on an external network connected to the local network and permits the control device to execute processing if the control device satisfies a predetermined security condition. The control device includes a first processor.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to manage a document and a distribution destination of the document on a distribution-pattern basis for a distribution pattern of the document, and process the document on the distribution-pattern basis.

Abstract: A document management system includes a management apparatus and plural processing apparatuses. Each of the plural processing apparatuses includes an acquisition unit and a transmitter. The acquisition unit acquires a document and information on a destination to which the document is transmitted. The transmitter transmits metadata of the document to the management apparatus and transmits a protected document generated from the document to the destination. The metadata includes the information on the destination. The management apparatus includes a memory and a response unit. The memory stores metadata of documents received from the plural processing apparatuses. The response unit responds to a request for metadata corresponding to a document by returning metadata of the document which is stored in the memory.

Abstract: A document management system includes a management device and at least two processing devices. For each of the at least two processing devices, a user to be allowed to register a document by using a corresponding processing device is determined. The management device includes a first storage and an obtaining unit. The first storage stores metadata of a protected document received from any of the at least two processing devices. The obtaining unit obtains information concerning a processing load of each of the at least two processing devices. The at least two processing device include first and second processing devices. The first processing device includes a second storage, a sender, and a receiver. The second storage stores information concerning a user to be allowed to register a document by using the first processing device.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first, second and management apparatus. The first apparatus stores an encrypted document, notifies the management apparatus of a first state of the first apparatus regarding information security requirements, sends information for specifying the first apparatus as a transmission source and information for specifying the second apparatus as a transmission destination to the management apparatus, requests transmission permission to the management apparatus, and transmits the encrypted document to the second apparatus when transmission permission is granted. The second apparatus notifies the management apparatus of a second state of the second apparatus regarding the information security requirements, and receives the encrypted document from the first apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and a management apparatus, in which the first apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a first state of the first apparatus regarding information security requirements, the second apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a second state of the second apparatus regarding the information security requirements, and the management apparatus includes an issue unit that issues transmission permission for transmission of an encrypted document from the first apparatus to the second apparatus related to a request for transmission permission in a case where both of a first state sent from the first apparatus which is the transmission source and a second state sent from the second apparatus which is the transmission destination satisfy the information security requirements in response to the request for transmission permission from the first apparatus.

Abstract: A document management system includes one or more processing apparatuses and a management apparatus. Each processing apparatus is located on one of local networks, and executes a protection process to generate a protected document from a document. The management apparatus is located on an external network connected to the local networks, and manages the processing apparatus(es). Each processing apparatus includes a transmitter and a generator. The transmitter transmits a status of the processing apparatus to the management apparatus. The generator executes the protection process on an input document and generates a protected document upon being permitted by the management apparatus to execute the protection process. The management apparatus includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver receives, from the processing apparatus(es), statuses of the processing apparatus(es).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit, a first search unit, and a second search unit. The acceptance unit accepts a search condition for attribute information of a subject. The first search unit searches for subject identification information corresponding to attribute information satisfying the search condition from a first management device that manages subject identification information identifying subjects and attribute information of the subjects in association with each other. The second search unit searches for data associated with the subject identification information found by the first search unit from a second management device that manages data and subject identification information identifying subjects related to the data in association with each other.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: one or more internal devices that are connected to an internal network, the internal network being connected to an external network through a firewall; and an intermediation device that can communicate with the internal network and the external network; each of the internal devices including: a storage unit that stores one or more documents and metadata of each of the documents; and a request acceptance unit that accepts, from a user, a request for processing by an external server on the external network as to one of the documents stored in the storage unit, and transmits the accepted request to the intermediation device; the intermediation device including: a request transmission unit as defined herein.

Abstract: A data management system includes plural of devices in a hierarchical structure, wherein a first device belonging to a hierarchy other than a lowest hierarchy of the hierarchical structure among the plural devices includes a storage unit that stores entity data of a storage target item of the first device among metadata including plural items, and an acquisition unit that acquires link information for specifying entity data of an item group other than the storage target item of the first device among the entity data of the metadata stored in a low-level device relative to the first device in the hierarchical structure.

Abstract: A management apparatus includes an assignment unit, a receiver, and a storage unit. The assignment unit assigns issuance privilege key information representing privilege to issue document IDs to one or more processing apparatuses. Each of the one or more processing apparatuses is located on one of local networks and is configured to execute a protection process to generate a protected document from a document. The receiver receives from the one or more processing apparatuses document IDs issued for protected documents by the one or more processing apparatuses. The storage unit stores the document IDs received by the receiver. Each of the document IDs includes the issuance privilege key information assigned by the assignment unit to the one or more processing apparatuses, and information indicating identity of a document ID issued by one of the one or more processing apparatuses.

Abstract: A document management system includes a management device and at least two processing devices. For each of the at least two processing devices, a user to be allowed to register a document by using a corresponding processing device is determined. The management device includes a first storage and an obtaining unit. The first storage stores metadata of a protected document received from any of the at least two processing devices. The obtaining unit obtains information concerning a processing load of each of the at least two processing devices. The at least two processing device include first and second processing devices. The first processing device includes a second storage, a sender, and a receiver. The second storage stores information concerning a user to be allowed to register a document by using the first processing device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a designation unit that allows a user of a transmission source of a document to designate a transmission destination user and a transmission destination terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits the document and transmission destination information indicative of the transmission destination user and the transmission destination terminal designated with the designation unit to an apparatus that transmits the document to the transmission destination terminal.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and a management apparatus, in which the first apparatus includes a storage unit that stores an encrypted document, a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a first state of the first apparatus regarding information security requirements, a permission request unit that sends information for specifying the first apparatus which is a transmission source and information for specifying the second apparatus which is a transmission destination to the management apparatus, and requests transmission permission to the management apparatus, and a transmission unit that transmits the encrypted document to the second apparatus in a case where transmission permission is obtained from the management apparatus in response to a request for transmission permission by the permission request unit, in which the second apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a second state of the second apparatus regarding the info

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and a management apparatus, in which the first apparatus includes a storage unit that stores an encrypted document, a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a first state of the first apparatus regarding information security requirements, a permission request unit that sends information for specifying the first apparatus which is a transmission source and information for specifying the second apparatus which is a transmission destination to the management apparatus, and requests transmission permission to the management apparatus, and a transmission unit that transmits the encrypted document to the second apparatus in a case where transmission permission is obtained from the management apparatus in response to the request, in which the second apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a second state of the second apparatus regarding the information security requirements, and a reception unit that

Abstract: A management apparatus includes an assignment unit, a receiver, and a storage unit. The assignment unit assigns issuance privilege key information representing privilege to issue document IDs to one or more processing apparatuses. Each of the one or more processing apparatuses is located on one of local networks and is configured to execute a protection process to generate a protected document from a document. The receiver receives from the one or more processing apparatuses document IDs issued for protected documents by the one or more processing apparatuses. The storage unit stores the document IDs received by the receiver. Each of the document IDs includes the issuance privilege key information assigned by the assignment unit to the one or more processing apparatuses, and information indicating identity of a document ID issued by one of the one or more processing apparatuses.