Patent ID: 6381602
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a networked computing environment having a first data storage location and an indexing system, wherein the first data storage location employs a first access control system to control access to documents stored at the first data storage location, and wherein the indexing system employs a second access control system to control access to documents stored at the indexing system, a method for indexing documents while preserving access security for the indexed documents, the method comprising:maintaining, at the first data storage location, a stored copy of a first document and access control information defining user access privileges to the first document in accordance with the first access control system; indexing the first document at the indexing system so as to create a reference to the first document in the indexing system; and if the first and second access control systems are compatible, retrieving from the first data storage location the access control information associated with the first document and storing the access control information in the indexing system in association with the reference to the first document, otherwise, storing, at the indexing system in association with the reference to the first document, document source location information identifying the first data storage location as the source of the first document.