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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Toshikazu Ohwada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Kanasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Ohwada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Kanasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When there are the same contents (content data) of a document among versions, the contents of the document are shared so as to reduce the storage area. Accordingly, instead of accumulating content data separately for each version, each version is related to the content data accumulated in the storage area shared among the versions. When a document α has versionsthroughand each of versionsthroughhas sectionsand, three sectionsof the versionsthroughshare content dataand the sectionof each of the versionsthroughhas different content data, or. The content data, orindicated by version information are searched for from a content data DB, to be edited. Only when the content data, orare changed, new content data are registered.