Patent ID: 6983417
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented document information management method for opening document information to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of: managing each of said document information in an editable form and in a reference-only form; offering said document information in the editable form to users desiring re-utilizing of said document information; and tracing and managing the utilization state of said document information when said document information is re-utilized, wherein, when said document information is re- re-utilized, said step of tracing and managing a subsequent re-utilization state of said document information comprises the steps of: causing a re-utilizing user who re-utilizes said document information to submit the re-utilizing document information for a review; presenting a subsequent re-utilization state after re-utilization of said document information to a creator of said document information; if said creator accepts the contents of said re-utilizing document information, notifying said re-utilizing user of completion of the review; and if said creator did not accept a content of said re-utilizing document information and pointed out a problem, notifying said re-utilizing user of no-completion of the review of said re-utilizing document information, urging said re-utilizing user to solve said problem.