Patent ID: 8843520
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document managing system that manages a plurality of tree-structured folders and files stored in a database apparatus, and separately sets rights of access to the respective files and rights of access to the respective folders to be managed, the document management system comprising: a microprocessor coupled with a memory, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to automatically determine an inaccessible file from the files stored in the database apparatus by: acquiring a file from the files stored in the database apparatus as a research file; acquiring a first set of users for which a right of access to the research file has been set, the first set of users including at least one user; acquiring a folder to which the research file belongs, from the folders stored in the database apparatus; acquiring a second set of users for which a right of access to the acquired folder has been set, the second set of users including at least one user, wherein the right of access to the research file and the right of access to the acquired folder have been set separately; determining whether any user among the first set of users is in the second set of users; detecting the research file as an inaccessible file when no user among the first set of users is in the second set of users, the inaccessible file being a file that no user can access; detecting all inaccessible files from all of the files stored in the database apparatus by repeating above until all of the files are each treated as the research file; notifying, in case at least one inaccessible file is detected, a user that the inaccessible file is in the database apparatus; acquiring a coping process based on a reply from the notified user; and executing the acquired coping process so that no inaccessible file exists in the database apparatus, wherein the coping process includes at least one of application of an access right, owner change, file migration, or file deletion.