Patent ID: 11934442
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A document management system for managing different versions of a document, comprising:
a database for storing multiple versions of a document, wherein at least one version of the document is stored along with location information indicative of a location of a user when the user uploaded the document, and wherein the location is automatically added as a property while storing the multiple versions of the document in the document management system for later retrieval, access, and/or use;
a server for:
receiving a request from a user to access a version of the document;
checking whether a location option is enabled at the document management system;
receiving location information of the user;
automatically retrieving a document version matching a current location of the user; and
automatically setting a preferred version of the document as a version matching the current location of the user from where the user is accessing the document; and

an application for presenting the retrieved document version to the user for further action, wherein the version of the document, matching the current location of the user, is displayed, via a user interface, as the preferred version of the document, for further action, thereby allowing the user to easily access the preferred version of the document.