Patent ID: 8213030
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A document processing apparatus constructed to execute a process set in connection with a first storage area, in a case that data is submitted to the first storage area, said apparatus comprising: a first determination unit constructed to determine whether a setting of the first storage area contains a setting to use a document stored in a second storage area; a setting unit constructed to set an access right to inhibit deletion of the document stored in the second storage area, in a case that the first determination unit determines that the setting of the first storage area contains the setting to use the document stored in the second storage area; a second determination unit constructed to determine whether the document stored in the second storage area is being used by a setting of a third storage area when the setting of the first storage area is deleted; and a changing unit constructed to (i) maintain the access right to inhibit deletion of the document set by said setting unit in a case that said second determination unit determines that the document stored in the second storage area is being used by the setting of the third storage area when the setting of the first storage area is deleted, and (ii) change the access right to inhibit deletion of the document set by said setting unit into an access right to allow deletion of the document in a case that said second determination unit determines that the document stored in the second storage area is not being used by the setting of the third storage area when the setting of the first storage area is deleted.