Patent ID: 9326015
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify data which is to be used by a plurality of users in response to a request from a requesting user; a control information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the requesting user, control information which is information controlling use of the data specified by the specifying unit and associating a portion of the data, a user who is allowed to use the portion among the plurality of users, and a usage environment in which the user uses the portion; and a processing unit configured to perform, when a predetermined storage operation of storing the control information is performed by the requesting user, a process of storing the control information obtained by the control information obtaining unit in association with the data specified by the specifying unit, wherein the data specified by the specifying unit comprises a document to be reviewed and edited by the plurality of users, wherein, based on the control information received from the requesting user, each of the plurality of users is provided with at least a portion of the document to be reviewed and edited by the user, and wherein the portion of the document to be reviewed and edited by the user is a page range, in the document, that is to be reviewed and edited by the user.