Patent ID: 6537324
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A document information management system that prepares a medium form from Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) files, comprising:a file unit for pre-storing all of a plurality of information files which can be accessed through the document information management system; a hypertext preparing unit for preparing hypertexts from the pre-stored plurality of information files; the file unit for storing therein the hypertexts prepared by said hypertext preparing unit and correlated of the pre-stored information files correlated to each other through link structure of said hypertexts, and for generating and storing, when said information files are pre-stored, a table correlating the hypertexts to all of corresponding of the pre-stored information files that can be accessed through the document information management system; a medium form information preparing unit for receiving said hypertext, preparing image extraction information by extracting only image data from information concerning said hypertext, preparing particular described information as well as linkage information for linking said described information to a correlated information file in said file unit from information having link structure of information concerning said hypertext, and preparing medium form information by synthesizing said image extraction information, described information, and linkage information; a medium form output for printing said medium form information on recording paper and outputting the recording paper as the medium form; a selection information adding unit for adding selection information for selecting a desired described information from those printed on said medium form; a reader for reading said selection information and linkage information from said medium form with the selection information added by said selection information adding unit; a retrieving unit for retrieving an appropriate correlated information file from said file unit according to the selection information as well as linkage information read by said reader; and an output unit for outputting the correlated information file retrieved by said retrieving unit.