Patent ID: 8752167

Claim:
A content management device, comprising: a folder level access control information storage unit configured to store folder level access control information indicating access rights of a user to a folder where content is stored; an access control unit configured to acquire content level access control information indicating access rights of a user to content, from a predetermined content level access control unit; and a user interface configured to output display data for displaying a hierarchical structure between at least one folder and at least one content stored in the at least one folder, along with information indicating whether or not an inconsistency has occurred in access rights between the folder level access control information of the at least one folder and the content level access control information of the content stored in the at least one folder, wherein, the user interface is configured to receive an operation for causing access rights of content for which an inconsistency has occurred in access rights to coincide with access rights of content which is stored in the same folder as the content and for which an inconsistency has not occurred in access rights, and the access control unit is configured to output instructions, to the content level access control unit, for updating the content level access control information of the content for which an inconsistency has occurred in access rights such that the access rights of the content for which an inconsistency has occurred in access rights coincide with the access rights of the content for which an inconsistency has not occurred in access rights, in response to the operation.