Electronic document management system
February 13, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for providing access control in a secure operating system Method and system for retaining access to deleted documents in a data processing system Computer system with file security function Encoding-format-desensitized methods and means for interchanging electronic document as appearances Method and system for providing user access control within a distributed data processing system by the exchange of access control profiles System for controlling group access to objects using group access control folder and group identification as individual user Access control policies for an object oriented database, including access control lists which span across object boundaries Method and apparatus for controlling access to data elements in a data processing system based on status of an industrial process by mapping user's security categories and industrial process steps Method and apparatus for supervising access and protecting against unauthorized access in a communication metwork Remote authentication and authorization in a distributed data processing system InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 800113 filed on 02/13/1997US Classes:707/9Privileged accessExaminersPrimary: Le, Dieu-MinhAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 011/30Foreign Application Priority Data1996-02-14 JPAbstractAn electronic document management system comprising access right list assignment unit for assigning an access right list setting an authorization system name, user name, and access right to an electronic document, access authorization unit for inquiring of an authorization system specified by a user who the user is when the electronic document is opened, and access right recognition means for recognizing the access right assigned to the authorized user from the access right list. To open an electronic document, the user is authorized in the authorization system specified by the user and the access right assigned to the authorized user is recognized from the access right list, then display and edit unit opens the electronic document in accordance with the recognized access right, whereby if the electronic documents confidential in each system are moved to another system, the access rights are also moved with the electronic documents, so that security of the electronic documents can be provided. | |
