Patent ID: 8862624
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing access to documents or folders by users, by execution of computer code by a processor of a computer, in accordance with access authority set for each user with respect to each document or folder, in a contents sharing system for sharing access to documents or folders by a plurality of users, the method comprising the steps of: determining, for an arbitrary document or folder in a logical hierarchy structure including documents and folders logically associated with each other and arranged hierarchically under a root folder, whether or not a range of access authority set for at least one user with respect to the document or folder exceeds a range of access authority set for the user with respect to a folder positioned immediately above the document or folder in the hierarchy structure; creating, in the case where the exceeding is determined in the determining step, a new folder for direct access immediately under a predetermined folder in the hierarchy structure, and setting access authority with respect to the new folder for direct access with a range equal to or exceeding the range of access authority set for the user with respect to the document or folder; and creating an access link with the new folder for direct access as a source and the document or folder as a target, subsequent to the creating and setting step.