Patent ID: 7353232

Claim:
In a computer-implemented system, a method for at least one of controlling access, overseeing, and managing at least one of electronic information including at least one of structured and unstructured electronic data, documentation, and other information, a plurality of items comprising the electronic information, and of a plurality of projects comprising at least a portion of the plurality of items, said method comprising at least one of the sequential, non-sequential, and sequence independent steps of: (A) classifying the plurality of items in a plurality of classes, wherein the classes are selected from: activities, people, places, objects, and time; (B) associating at least one user with at least one reference, wherein the at least one user is indicated as having at least one access level of a plurality of access levels, wherein the at least one reference includes at least one of: a unique identifier, a keyword, a root term, a portion of a keyword, and a plurality of words; (C) determining retrieval criteria including the at least one reference for at least one class of interest selected from the plurality of classes; (D) associating the at least one reference with at least one of at least one item and at least one project, and at least one of: removing the at least one user from the at least one reference, adding the at least one user to the at least one reference, and assigning at least one user in at least one group associated with the at least one project; (E) retrieving the at least one of the at least one item and at least one project associated with the at least one reference; (F) associating a plurality of users, including the at least one user, with at least one group, and assigning the at least one group access level to the at least one of the at least one item and the at least one project; (G) responsive to the at least one user, providing information representative of the at least one of the at least one item and the plurality of items in the at least one project associated with the at least one of the least one reference and the at least one group; and (H) providing the at least one item to the at least one user with the at least one access level corresponding to the at least one reference associated therewith.