Patent ID: 8190563
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A document management apparatus for managing document information and information elements included in the document information, comprising: a document storing instruction information acquiring part configured to acquire document storing instruction information which instructs to store a second document information including a second information element, which is generated by copying a first information element included in a first document information; an information element acquiring part configured to acquire the second information element included in the second document information based on the acquired document storing instruction information; an information element storing instruction part configured to instruct to store the second information element; a copy originator information acquiring part configured to acquire copy originator information concerning the first information element which is included in the document storing instruction information and is a copy originator of the second information element; an association information storing instruction part configured to instruct to store association information for associating the second information element with the first information element based on the acquired copy originator information; a document information editing part configured to edit the second document information so as to copy and display the first information element included in the first document information as the second information element in the second document information; a copy originator information generating part configured to generate information concerning the first information element as the copy originator information; and a document storing instruction part configured to send the document storing instruction information which instructs to store the edited second document information and includes the generated copy originator information.