Patent ID: 9208152
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document retrieval apparatus comprising: a switching section configured to switch an operation mode between a first mode and a second mode; a hardware processor configured to, in a case where the operation mode is the first mode and a document-related operation is performed, perform a process corresponding to the performed document-related operation; a storing section configured to, in a case where the operation mode is the first mode and the document-related operation is performed, store information and a document into a memory so as to associate the information with the document, the information indicating the performed document-related operation, the document being a target or a result of the process, which corresponds to the document-related operation and is performed by the hardware processor; and a retrieval section configured to, in a case where the operation mode is the second mode and the document-related operation is performed, not perform the process corresponding to the performed document-related operation, and retrieve the document, which was the target or the result of the process performed when the operation mode was the first mode, on the basis of data stored in the memory, wherein the document-related operation includes at least one of a merge operation that merges documents together, a division operation that divides a document into more than one document, and a moving operation that moves the location of a document.