Patent ID: 9015803
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A server computer implemented method of online document collaboration by authorized users, the method comprising the following steps performed by a server computer system connected to the Internet: establishing an account for each of a plurality of users, wherein each account is associated with storage space to store one or more documents; storing a first document in the server computer system in a first account, the first document capable of being modified by a plurality of authorized users; enabling access to the first document via a browser-controlled window executing on a client computer by one or more authorized users; associating a set of restrictions with the first document, the restrictions including an ability to modify the first document in one or more permitted ways by one of a first group of users, the first group of users being users whose identities are known to the server computer system; receiving a request to access the first document from a first user, wherein the first user is a member of the first group of users, wherein the request to access accompanies the first user's identification information and authorization information; verifying the identity of the first user; if the first user is authorized to access the first document, then permitting the first user to access the first document via a first browser-controlled window executing on a client computer; and if the first user is authorized to modify the first document, then: