Patent ID: 7543329
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a document control system including an internal network, an external interface, and a document server connected to the internal network and to the external interface, wherein the document server belongs to an organization and wherein the document server includes a plurality of go lists, wherein each go list is associated with a role such that a first go list is associated with a first role and a second go list is associated with a second role, wherein each go list indicates whether a Business Partner assigned to that role has access to particular documents in the document server, wherein the Business Partner is a user from outside the organization, a method of modifying a go list, the method comprising: defining a plurality of Data Owners including a first Data Owner and a second Data Owner, wherein each Data Owner is a trusted individual within the organization; delegating control over the go lists from an administrator to Data Owners, wherein delegating includes assigning each Data Owner to one or more roles, wherein assigning includes: receiving, from one of the Data Owners, a request to modify the go list associated with the second role; determining if the Data Owner making the request is permitted to modify the go list associated with the second role; if the Data Owner is permitted to modify the go list associated with the second role, displaying the go list associated with the second role as a directory tree; modifying the directory tree; mapping the modified directory tree into a revised go list; replacing, in the directory server, the go list associated with the second role with the revised go list; and allowing Business Partners assigned to the second role to access documents stored in the document server according to the revised go list.