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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Yuichi Mori, Yao, JP;
Kazuyasu Tsuiki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Majima, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Aoshima, Yokohama, JP;
Shunsuke Akifuji, Wako, JP;
Tetsuji Toge, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiro Suga, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digitized document circulating system includes a unit provided in a transmission source of a digitized document and for sending the digitized document, a unit for delivering the digitized document to a transmission destination to thereby circulate the digitized document, a unit provided in the transmission destination and for receiving the digitized document, a unit operated by the delivery unit and for obtaining a circulation history containing delivery time, an identifier of the digitized document, the transmission source and the transmission destination, a unit for reading the circulation history and transferring the circulation history to a requester in response to a request for the circulation history issued from the requester, and a unit for displaying the circulation history received.