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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Chihiro Sato, Nakai-machi, JP;
Hiroshi Katsurabayashi, Nakai-machi, JP;
Takashi Noguchi, Nakai-machi, JP;
Akira Kurosawa, Nakai-machi, JP;
Nobuyuki Takeo, Nakai-machi, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a common document editing apparatus that is capable of reflecting the edition content based on a exclusive edition right on a common document even in the case where the exclusive edition right is cancelled forcibly. When an exclusive edition right of a common document stored in a document storing unit is requested, a lock information managing unit issues an exclusive edition right to permit exclusive edition and the lock information in stored in a lock information storing unit. Upon receiving the edition content together with the lock information, the lock information managing unit stores the edition content in the document storing unit only when the received lock information is identical with the lock information stored in the lock information storing unit. When the exclusive edition right is cancelled forcibly, the lock information managing unit 23 stores the lock information in an unlocked lock information storing unit. When the edition content that is identical with the same lock information is requested to be stored before a new exclusive edition right of the same document is requested, the lock information is overwritten in the document storing unit.