Patent ID: 7516218

Claim:
A network system serving at least two groups of network components (CC), the network system comprising: a first server unit ( 12 ) and a second server unit ( 14 ) each including a hosting unit ( 32 ), a database ( 20 , 22 ) storing a plurality of electronic dossiers for the respective group of network components (CC), a report generation processor ( 34 ), and an access control list controller ( 30 ); and a replication unit ( 36 ) for establishing a replication connection ( 24 ) between the database ( 20 ) of the first server unit ( 12 ) and the database ( 22 ) of the second server unit ( 14 ), wherein the replication connection ( 24 ) is configured according to a one-way replication policy to replicate the electronic dossiers stored in the database ( 22 ) of the second server unit ( 14 ) into the database ( 20 ) of the first server unit and not vice versa; the hosting unit ( 32 ) of the first server unit ( 12 ) and the hosting unit of the second server unit ( 14 ) hosting, for respectively a first group of network components (CC) and a second group of network components (CC), the second group of network components (CC) being different from the first group of network components (CC), at least: a first program code portion for, when executed by one of the network components (CC), generating one or more graphical user interfaces GUIs, a first GUI ( 60 ) of said GUIs having at least a first control element ( 62 ) for one of creating and updating an electronic dossier of said electronic dossiers, the first control element ( 62 ) being adapted to be activated to generate a first control signal, a second program code portion responsive to generation of the first control signal to generate, when executed by one of the network components (CC), a request for the input of general data for a particular matter to be included in the electronic dossier of the particular matter, and a third program code portion responsive to generation of one of the first and a second control signal to generate, when executed by one of the network components (CC), a request for the input of standardized risk related data for the particular matter to be included in the electronic dossier of the particular matter, each report generation processor ( 34 ) having access to the database ( 20 , 22 ) of its server unit ( 12 , 14 ) for generating an electronic risk report by automatically processing the standardized risk related data included in one or more of the electronic dossiers, the access control list controller (ACL) of the first server unit ( 12 ) enforcing that users belonging to the second group of network components have no access to the electronic dossiers stored in the database ( 20 ) of the first server unit ( 12 ), and the access control list controller (ACL) of the second server unit ( 14 ) not containing any restrictions unless a user's access rights have individually been restricted.