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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1994
Norifumi Yanai, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Kouzou Nakamura, Hitachiota, JP;
Mariko Okude, Hitachi, JP;
Shigemasa Shiota, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document communication apparatus includes an input unit for giving various indications such as document processing; a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information and rules of document processing in communication with another document communication apparatus, and an information processing unit for processing document information based on the received rules of document process Further, a communication apparatus for transmitting or receiving information among plural communication apparatuses makes it possible to transmit and receive a document with the rules of document processing corresponding to the content of at least a request for document processing. The communication apparatus includes a storing unit for storing a document profile containing the rules of document processing transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, a storing unit for storing rules of document processing received from a receiving apparatus, a document processing unit for collating a document profile read from the document profile storing unit to rules of document processing read out of the storing unit and for executing the predetermined document processing based on the identified result, a document data storing unit for storing document data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, an input unit for inputting the document processing information of the receiving apparatus, and a display unit for displaying document data, the document profile, the rules of document processing of the receiving apparatus, and the document-processed result.