Patent ID: 7313558

Claim:
A disclosing method for disclosing browsable information stored in a central apparatus in response to a request sent from a terminal apparatus connected to the central apparatus through a communication network, comprising: accepting headline information of the browsable information, allowable user information of a user who is allowed to browse the browsable information, and storage location information of the browsable information; registering the accepted headline information and the allowable user information in association with the storage location information; receiving identification information identifying a user, which identification information is sent from the terminal apparatus to the central apparatus; extracting a hyperlink title and a URL of a storage location, which are associated with the received identification information as allowable user information, based on the received identification information; generating a document containing a hyperlink including the extracted hyperlink title wherein hyperlink to the extracted URL of the storage location is defined; and transmitting the generated document to the terminal apparatus; wherein the accepting further accepts limitation information limiting browsing of the browsable information according to whether the request is sent through the communication network or through an auxiliary communication network different from said communication network; the registering registers the accepted headline information, limitation information, and authorized user information in association with the storage location information; and the extracting extracts the hyperlink title and the URL of the individual storage location based on the received identification information, the registered authorized user information, and the limitation information if the request was sent through the auxiliary communication network.