Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a user authentication unit that identifies a current user, a task acquiring unit that acquires task information of a relevant task associated with a file to be processed by the current user, and a file information storage unit that stores file information of the file to be processed in association with the task information of the relevant task.

Abstract: A technology for displaying managed image information is disclosed. A schedule information item is acquired, a document is acquired as an image information item in an electronic format, the image information item and the schedule information item are registered in a data storing unit in association with each other, the schedule information item and the image information item stored in the data storing unit are acquired, and the image information item is displayed according to the schedule information item.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that that acquires image/audio information in response to an operations command and generates predetermined electronic data from the acquired information. The information processing apparatus includes a user information storing unit that stores and manages information for identifying an operator issuing the operations command, a personal information storing unit that stores and manages personal information of the operator, a gathering information storing unit that stores or describes a personal information managing service managing personal information that is subject to processing, and an information extracting unit that analyzes the personal information managing service of the gathering information storing unit and extracts relevant personal information from the personal information of the operator stored in the personal information storing unit corresponding to the personal information managing service.

Abstract: An image scanning/accumulating system including an information issuing unit that acquires image data; and an information managing unit that includes an image-data database for storing therein the image data acquired by the information issuing unit, and manages the image data. The information managing unit includes a task-information database, and manages task information stored in the task-information database. The information issuing unit includes an image pickup unit that scans a paper-based document thereby obtaining image data, and registers the image data in the image-data database; an information display unit that acquires task information from the task-information database to be associated with the image data obtained by the image pickup unit, and displays acquired task information on a task-information setting screen; and a notifying unit that notifies a contact address included in the task information that the image data associated with the task information is registered in the image-data database.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a user authentication unit that identifies a current user, a task acquiring unit that acquires task information of a relevant task associated with a file to be processed by the current user, and a file information storage unit that stores file information of the file to be processed in association with the task information of the relevant task.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of acquiring a user's document operation history and searching for a related document even when documents and information to be searched for are managed under plural and different systems and applications is disclosed, including a document operation event acquiring section acquiring the document operation event information representing the information related to an event of an document operation performed by a user on a client; a document operation event managing section managing the document operation event information acquired by the document operation event acquiring unit; and a task related document extracting section extracting a related document of a designated task based on the task information managed by the task information managing unit and the document operation event information managed by the document operation event managing unit.

Abstract: The information extracting apparatus includes an analyzer, an element extracting unit, and a supplementary-information obtaining unit. The analyzer analyzes text in input data. The supplementary-information obtaining unit obtains accompanying information such as property information that accompanies the data. The element extracting unit supplements the analysis result with the accompanying information, and extracts information on five elements, When, Where, Who, What and How, and predicate information from the text.

Abstract: In the document processor, a document memory which stores input document data; a selector which selects all or part of document data stored in the document memory; a characteristics extractor which extracts data relating to characteristics of letter rows from all or part of the document data selected by the selector; a work processor which work-processes all or part of the document data based on the data relating to characteristics of letter rows extracted by the characteristics extractor; and an output section which outputs all or part of the document data work-processed by the work processor are provided.

Abstract: A document classification system and method reflects operator's intention in a result of classification of document so that an accurate result of classification can be achieved. The document to be classifies has contents contains a plurality of items. At least one of the items contained in the document is designated. The document data is converted into converted data so that the converted data contains only data corresponding to the designated item. Classification of the document is done by using the converted data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that that acquires image/audio information in response to an operations command and generates predetermined electronic data from the acquired information. The information processing apparatus includes a user information storing unit that stores and manages information for identifying an operator issuing the operations command, a personal information storing unit that stores and manages personal information of the operator, a gathering information storing unit that stores or describes a personal information managing service managing personal information that is subject to processing, and an information extracting unit that analyzes the personal information managing service of the gathering information storing unit and extracts relevant personal information from the personal information of the operator stored in the personal information storing unit corresponding to the personal information managing service.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of performing an application for allowing a user to operate a document using GUI. The information processing apparatus has an information obtaining unit configured to detect a predetermined event concerning the GUI and to obtain document information about a document to be operated in an active application upon detecting the predetermined event.

Abstract: In the document processor, a document memory which stores input document data; a selector which selects all or part of document data stored in the document memory; a characteristics extractor which extracts data relating to characteristics of letter rows from all or part of the document data selected by the selector; a work processor which work-processes all or part of the document data based on the data relating to characteristics of letter rows extracted by the characteristics extractor; and an output section which outputs all or part of the document data work-processed by the work processor are provided.