Document output method for outputting documents associated with an event

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9497348-B2
Application number	US-201514659802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A document output system includes a document registration unit that registers, for each one of events, data of one or more documents in association with identification for identifying the event related to the documents in a memory, an acceptance unit that accepts an instruction for outputting the documents, the instruction including identification for identifying an event related to the documents to be output, and an output unit that outputs the documents associated with the identification of the instruction in a predetermined order as a series of the documents.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A document output system, comprising:
a memory to store, for each of a plurality of events, data of a plurality of documents in association with an identification identifying the event related to the documents, and, to store for each document of the plurality of documents, a document identifier in association with corresponding print settings; and
processing circuitry configured to
accept an instruction for outputting at least one document, the instruction including an input identification identifying an input event among the plurality of events, and accept, for the input event, selection of the at least one document of the plurality of documents associated with the input event, and
output the selected at least one document associated with the input identification identifying the input event included in the input instruction in accordance with the corresponding print settings.

2. The document output system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry paginates the selected at least one document associated with the input identification to output sheets of the selected at least one document with serial page numbers.

3. The document output system according to claim 2 , wherein, when the processing circuitry accepts the input instruction for outputting the at least one document,
the processing circuitry paginates the at least one document to be output with a same page number as in the case of outputting the at least one document as a part of a series of the documents.

4. The document output system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry outputs the at least one document in an output format that is registered in association with the identification identifying the event related to the at least one document, without allowing modification to the output format.

5. The document output system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
configure a number of output times that the at least one document associated with the input identification are output, and
delete the at least one document from the memory when the at least one document is output for the number of output times associated with the input identification.

6. The document output system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
configure a deletion time when to delete the at least one document associated with the input identification, and
delete the at least one document from the memory when the deletion time associated with the identification has passed.

7. The document output system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to delete, from the memory, the at least one document associated with the input identification based on one of a deletion time passing and a number of times the at least one document has been output.

8. A document output apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store, for each of a plurality of events, data of a plurality of documents in association with an identification identifying the event related to the documents, and, to store for each document of the plurality of documents, a document identifier in association with corresponding print settings; and
processing circuitry configured to
accept an instruction for outputting at least one document, the instruction including an input identification identifying an input event among the plurality of events, and accept, for the input event, selection of the at least one document of the plurality of documents associated with the input event, and
output the selected at least one document associated with the input identification identifying the input event included in the input instruction in accordance with the corresponding print settings.

9. A method of outputting a document, comprising:
storing, in a memory for each of a plurality of events, data of a plurality of documents in association with an identification identifying the event related to the documents, and, to store for each document of the plurality of documents, a document identifier in association with corresponding print settings;
accepting an instruction for outputting at least one document, the instruction including an input identification identifying an input event among the plurality of events, and accepting, for the input event, selection of at least one document of the plurality of documents associated with the input event; and
outputting the selected at least one document associated with the input identification identifying the input event included in the input instruction in accordance with the corresponding print settings.

Assignees

• Nishimura Tatsuo
• Sasaki Tohru
• Ishii Yukinori
• Kodaira Itaru
• Okazato Atsushi
• Kuroyanagi Tomohiro
• Tasaka Masaki
• Sasaki Makoto
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishimura Tatsuo
• Sasaki Tohru
• Ishii Yukinori
• Kodaira Itaru
• Okazato Atsushi
• Kuroyanagi Tomohiro
• Tasaka Masaki
• Sasaki Makoto

Classifications

• H04N1/2179 Primary

  Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries · CPC title

• H04N2201/218

  Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion · CPC title