Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hajime Satow

Satoshi Watanabe

Yosato Hitaka

Naohiro Yoshikawa

Yoshiro Hikida

Masaki Sagoh

Yasufumi Takada

In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored&mdash;information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.

Method and apparatus for setting a limitation of copy to generated data in a system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to a network

An information network is disclosed in which information to be made available to each of several information processing apparatuses is stored together with associated periods of accessibility; and the accessibility of the stored information to the information processing apparatuses is controlled according to the stored associated periods of accessability.

Method and apparatus for controlling access of stored data in a system

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Tokyo, Japan

Hajime Satow