Patent ID: 6622162
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer program for use in electronic document circulating system for circulating an electronic circular document among users in a network system in which a server machine and a plurality of client machines which a plurality of users can utilize respectively are interconnected through a network, said computer program comprising:a processing section for storing in a memory area a plurality of types of circulation control information for specifying a plurality of predetermined circular routes of the circular document, each of said circular routes being indicated by a plurality of nodes, at least one operation process of said node being defined by a role, wherein a plurality of users who perform equal processing operation are named said role generically; a processing section for storing in a memory area role definition information relative to said role; and a processing section for storing in a memory area document management information relative to the circular document to be circulated, wherein when a circulation start request of a circular document is received through a related client from a user who designates one circular route and said circular document is then transmitted to the node defined by the role in said designated circular route, a circulation control unit in said server machine selects one user in said role on the basis of contents stored in said memory areas and transmits said circular document to said user.