JP2002342286A - Electronic information management system and server and client - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To establish a client-led security management method that does not depend on the display format of electronic information or the management format of the system side, and to provide optimal and high-quality electronic information corresponding to each client. Realize collaboration. SOLUTION: A client sets a site setting and access field 505 for actually displaying electronic information 500 created by the client itself and performing an operation of arbitrarily dividing the element into sites A to D; Using a setting browser 501 provided with a client-specific access control setting 504 that can set access control to other clients for each D, the server that stores the electronic information 500 automatically identifies the access control setting by the client. Parts A to D of electronic information 500 to other clients
Is an electronic information management system that implements various disclosure controls.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic information management technology, and more particularly to a technology effective when applied to an electronic information management system or the like that realizes collaboration of various electronic information using an Internet browser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of information networks between electronic information display devices called the Internet and intranets, electronic information providing services such as the World Wide Web (WWW) have rapidly spread. On the other hand, in a system for managing electronic information, the development of an electronic information management system having a so-called collaboration function, which assists a plurality of clients using the network in sharing and managing the electronic information, has been activated. For example, the system has a function of notifying a person other than the creator of the electronic information stored in the server of the system when a person other than the creator modifies the electronic information or makes a comment.

[0003]

However, various types of electronic information may include elements that are confidential to the creator and elements that are unnecessary for the receiving side. In the means of managing information,
It is often unavoidable to give a standard to the method of creating and registering electronic information, such as by creating a structure in which elements are divided in advance in consideration of the nature of the display format, and to consider management locations and methods. Further, even when the system has a setting function for controlling access to electronic information, in a system shared by a large number of clients, there is a technical problem that the setting load on the system is extremely heavy.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-328187, an access level is obtained in advance from a client information file provided for each client.
Although this system can accurately manage access to electronic information according to the access level, it is expected that the setting load on the system side, such as the setting of client information files, will also become very large, There is no mention of a shared means that is conscious of security management at the element level.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a client that creates electronic information, arbitrarily divides elements in the electronic information into parts,
In addition, by setting access authority to other clients for each part, an electronic information management system that realizes various disclosure controls of electronic information to other clients without depending on settings on the system side is provided. Is to do.

Another object of the present invention is to realize a collaboration system which greatly reduces the setting load on the system management side and facilitates client-led security management.

[0007]

Means for solving the above-mentioned problems and novel features of the system of the present invention will be clarified by the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

The present invention provides an electronic apparatus including a first information processing apparatus functioning as a server, and a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus via an information communication network and functioning as a client accessing the server. In the information management system, a function of restricting access of the client to the server by performing authentication of the client based on the authentication information registered in advance, a function created by the client and other components for each component in the client. It has a function of accumulating electronic information in which access rights of individual clients are individually set, and a function of responding to an access request to electronic information from an arbitrary client based on the access rights.

The present invention also relates to a server for receiving an access request from a client via an information communication network, wherein the client is authenticated based on authentication information registered in advance, thereby enabling the client to access the server. A function for storing electronic information created by the client and having access rights set individually by other clients for each component in the client, and a function for storing information from any client based on the access authority. And a function of responding to a request for access to electronic information.

The present invention also relates to a client for accessing a server via an information communication network, wherein the function of accessing the server through an authentication procedure and the access authority of another client for each component are individually set. It includes a function of creating the registered electronic information and registering it in the server, and a function of browsing or editing the electronic information registered in the server according to the access authority.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an electronic information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 101 denotes a client (client electronic information display device) for sharing and managing electronic information in the electronic information management system according to the present embodiment.
Is expressed as Reference numeral 102 denotes a server device that incorporates various functions described below in the electronic information management system according to the present embodiment, and is referred to as a “server” in the following description. 103 is
This is an Internet line that connects a plurality of clients 101 and servers 102 to each other via a network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of various functions of the server 102 according to the present embodiment. In FIG.
Reference numeral 201 denotes an interface between the client 101 and the server 102, which displays a list of electronic information registered by the client 101 (hereinafter, referred to as registered electronic information) and an access request from the client 101 for updating the registered electronic information. Is a display screen / access receiving unit that receives a message, and is created using hypertext that can be displayed on an Internet browser such as WWW connected via the Internet line 103.

Reference numeral 202 denotes a display screen / access receiving unit 201
Is a control unit that controls a solution to the request received from the client 101, and a display screen information control unit 221 that controls screen information displayed on the display screen / access reception unit 201. Identification unit 222 for identifying whether or not a client is registered
When registering electronic information or requesting reference to the registered electronic information from the client 101, the setting browser 5 described later
01, an electronic information control unit 223 for displaying electronic information on the display screen of the client 101, a property information generating unit 224 for automatically generating property information of registered electronic information described later, and controlling a history of electronic information described later. A history information control unit 225 is provided.

An information management unit 203 manages various information in accordance with a control command from the control unit 202. A client information unit 231 manages registration information of the client 101 shown in FIG. A registered electronic information section 232 that manages all information set at the time of registering the electronic information, such as attribute information and access control information, history information, and the electronic information itself set in the information, and a list of registered electronic information on the display screen of the client 101. A display screen information section 233 for managing screen information to be displayed is provided.

The display screen information managed by the display screen information section 233 is automatically generated as a hypertext that can be displayed on an Internet browser such as WWW connected by the Internet line 103, and the processing proceeds to the next step. An execution button for continuing execution and a cancel button for canceling the process are provided.

Reference numeral 204 denotes a transmission unit which executes processing for transmitting a processing result to the client 101 which requests access to the display screen / access reception unit 201 in response to a control command from the control unit 202. Part 2
An electronic information transmitting unit 241 that transmits electronic information generated in an acquisition request process described later to the client 101 at 23.
For example, when there is no renewable range in the client 101 that has requested updating of the registered electronic information, a message to that effect is displayed on the display screen / access receiving unit 201.
Message transmitting unit 242 to be displayed on the client 1
An e-mail transmission unit 243 and the like that enable information exchange between the e-mails 01 and 01 are provided.

The message transmission unit 242 has various messages in response to an access request from the client 101 in advance. The message transmission unit 242 selects a message to be transmitted according to a control command from the control unit 202 and displays the message on the display screen of the client 101. It has a function to send. In addition, the mail transmitting unit 243 includes an AL-Mai that can be transmitted and received between electronic information display devices called the Internet and an intranet.
The e-mail function such as "1" is registered, and the destination information of the e-mail function has a function of automatically registering the e-mail addresses of all the clients 101 registered in the server 102 from the client information unit 231. It is equipped with means for easily exchanging information between them.

Referring to FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes a format diagram showing a specific example of the display screen / access receiving unit 201, which is an example of screen information displayed on the client 101 side so that the server 102 can interface with the client 101. is there. The screen information 301 includes a new registration button 302 having a function of transmitting an access signal requesting new registration of electronic information from the client 101 to the control unit 202, and an access requesting reference and update of the registered electronic information. An electronic information button 303 having a function of transmitting a signal to the control unit 202 is provided. In particular, each electronic information button 303 requests a reference to registered electronic information,
It has a function of displaying a process selection screen 303a from which an update request, property information acquisition, setting browser change request, mail transmission to a registered client, and the like can be selected.

FIG. 4 shows client registration information required when an arbitrary client 101 registers a client with the server 102. The client name, the department to which the client 101 belongs, and the client department required when registering electronic information, which will be described later. It has a format for inputting key information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address, and submits client information to an administrator of the server 102. When entry to the server 102 is permitted, access to the server 102 is enabled. Client-specific passwords are distributed. Server 1
02 allows the client 101 to join the server 102 by authenticating a password dedicated to the client.

Incidentally, the administrator of the server 102 can register the server 10 by registering a client from an arbitrary client 101.
When the client is permitted to enter the client information unit 2, the client information and the password to be distributed are registered in the client information unit 231.

FIG. 5 is a format diagram showing a specific example of a setting browser when registering electronic information in the server 102. Reference numeral 501 denotes an example of screen information of the setting browser displayed on the client 101 side. First, 502 is provided with attribute setting information 503 for setting attribute information to be displayed on the screen information 301, and is also provided with a site classification setting 503 for dividing the electronic information 500 to be registered into several regions and setting an outline of each region.
A client-specific access control setting 504 for setting disclosure and update authority for access from another client 101 for each site is provided.
And a means for setting a part setting and an access field 505 for performing a part division by displaying a message. A log section 506 for displaying log information of the electronic information 500 is provided. All the registered information is registered in the registered electronic information section 232.

The setting browser 501 has a client confirmation button 507 for confirming information on all clients 101 registered in the server 102 at the time of registration, and a completion button 508 for notifying the control unit 202 of completion of setting of each setting item. Button 5 that informs the control unit 202 that the registration processing of the electronic information 500 has been stopped during the setting.
09 and other functions.

Further, the part setting and access field 5
05, a line designation function for dividing the electronic information 500 into upper and lower parts, a range designation function for partial elements such as tables and figures, and a part name for an element area divided by the line designation and range designation function A setting function is provided, and the site setting can be freely performed using these functions. In addition, when the completion button 508 is executed at the time of registering the electronic information 500, a check function is provided to confirm that there is no mismatched part setting in the parts set in 503 to 505.

Further, the part setting and access field 5
Reference numeral 05 denotes a display screen of the electronic information 500 at the time of a reference and update request from another client 101. At this time, the part setting function does not function, and only the part whose update authority is set according to the set part setting is updated. Are displayed, and a portion for which only the reference authority is set is displayed as an update process being disabled. At this time, a completion button 508 and a cancel button 509 are also displayed, and can be used when closing the setting browser 501 displayed at the time of each request.

The setting information such as the client-specific access control setting 504 of the setting browser 501 for each electronic information 500 is stored in the client 1 that has registered (created) the electronic information 500 even after the new registration of the electronic information 500.
Only 01 can be registered for change.

FIG. 6 shows that the client 101 displays the screen information 30.
This is an example showing a specific example of property information displayed on the client 101 side when requesting acquisition of property information from one arbitrary electronic information button 303. The property information 601 includes attribute information 502 set at the time of registering the electronic information, the name of the client that registered the electronic information, the display format and size automatically identified at the time of registration, and the setting of each part of the electronic information for the requested client 101. The obtained access control information and an outline of each part are displayed. The property information 601 has functions such as an access button 602 for continuously selecting an access request for referring to or updating the corresponding electronic information, and a cancel button 603 for closing a display screen of the property information 601. .

Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the electronic information management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the following description, as an example, a case in which a system for sharing and managing electronic information on electric appliances is realized by the electronic information management system of the present embodiment will be described as an example.

First, registration of a client to the server 102 will be briefly described. As described above, the server 102
Client registration is required to enter. FIG. 4 shows client information required for registering a client from an arbitrary client 101 to the server 102. The client information is submitted to an administrator of the server 102, and when entry into the server 102 is permitted, the server 10
2 is distributed, and the server 102 allows the client 101 to join the server 102 by authenticating the client-specific password.

Next, the operation of client authentication when the client 101 enters the server 102 via an Internet browser such as WWW will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. First, when the display screen / access receiving unit 201 receives an access from an arbitrary client 101 in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 701, an access signal is transmitted to the control unit 202. The control unit 202 uses the display screen information control unit 221 to identify whether the accessed client 101 is the client 101 registered in the client information unit 231 or not. Is transmitted to the display screen / access receiving unit 201 (= display screen of the client 101) (S702). The display screen information requesting the password input is transmitted to the display screen / access receiving unit 201, and the accessed client 10
When the password is input by the user 1 and the entry request access is performed, the password is transmitted from the display screen / access receiving unit 201 to the control unit 202, and the identification unit 222 checks the password against the client information registered in the client information unit 231. Is performed (S703).

As a result of the password collation, if the client 101 that has requested entry is the client 101 registered in the client information section 231, the control section 20
2, the display screen information control unit 221 displays the screen information 301 of the electronic information list on the display screen / access reception unit 201 (S704).

According to the result of the password collation, if the accessed client 101 is not the client 101 registered in the client information section 231, the control section 2
02 is the server 1 for the client 101 that has accessed
It is determined that entry into the server 102 is not permitted, and a message indicating that entry into the server 102 is not allowed is displayed on the display screen / access reception unit 201 from the message transmission unit 242 (S7).
05).

It is also possible to cancel the entry access to the server 102 from the display screen for requesting the password input in S702 by using the cancel button.

Next, as an embodiment of the present invention, an operation when the client 101 accesses the screen information 301 (= display screen / access receiving unit 201) of the electronic information list will be described in detail. It is assumed that all the clients 101 appearing in the following description have already been registered in the server 102.

First, the operation of registering electronic information in the server 102 will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. When the client 101 newly registers electronic information in the server 102, the client 101 selects a new registration button 302 shown in the screen information 301 of the electronic information list displayed on the display screen / access receiving unit 201 (S801). New registration button 30
In response to the access signal from 2, the control unit 202 transmits a message for designating the location of the new electronic information to the screen information 301 of the electronic information list from the message transmitting unit 242 (S802). When the location information of the new electronic information is designated by the client 101 and transmitted from the screen information 301 of the electronic information list to the control unit 202, the identification unit 222
It is determined whether or not the corresponding electronic information exists in the location information indicated by the requesting registered client (S80).
3).

When the corresponding electronic information is present in the location information indicated by the registered client, the corresponding electronic information is incorporated into the part setting and access field 505 of the setting browser 501 by the electronic information control unit 223, and the client 10
The setting browser is displayed on the display screen 1 (S80).
4). At this time, the setting browser is displayed as a screen different from the screen of the screen information 301 of the electronic information list. Also,
The history section 506 on the setting browser 501 displayed at this time
Is already automatically set to “Rev”, and “C” is already set.
For “client”, the client name registered in the client information section 231 of the client 101 to be registered is automatically set.

If the electronic information does not exist in the location information indicated by the registered client, the control unit 202 sends a message from the message transmitting unit 242 to the effect that the electronic information does not exist in the designated location information to the electronic information list. It is displayed on the screen information 301 (S805).

It is also possible to cancel the registration processing of the new electronic information from the display screen for specifying the location information of the new electronic information by pressing the cancel button.

Next, a setting example of the setting browser will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the client II registers the component information of the TV product "TV-B". In this case, a naming standard such as a category name is already set by the registered client in the server 102, and the attribute information 502 is created according to the standard.

In the part division setting 503, a part name corresponding to each part set in the electronic information in the part setting and access field 505 and an outline showing the contents of each part can be defined. In the access control setting 504 for each client, the access authority to the other registered clients can be freely set for each part while checking the information of the other registered clients using the client confirmation button 507. In particular, by setting “Other”, access control to all registered clients other than the designated client can be set, and this “Other” is set for all clients 101 registered after registration of the relevant electronic information. Will be done. In the region setting and access field 505, electronic information to be actually registered can be freely set by using a line designation function, a range designation function, and a region name setting function. Further, the registration processing in the setting browser can be canceled by a cancel button 509.

When each item of the setting browser is set and the completion button 508 is selected, a check is made to confirm that there is no inconsistent part setting in the part setting 503 to the part setting and the part set in the access field 505. When the function is executed and there is a mismatch setting, the mismatch setting portion on the setting browser 501 is highlighted (or written in red) by the electronic information control unit 223, and normal setting is not completed (S806).

When the normal setting is completed, the log information control unit 225 causes the log unit 506 on the setting browser 501 to execute.
The date and time information at the time of registration is automatically set in the "Date" column (S807), and the screen of the setting browser 501 disappears. Subsequently, the screen information 301 of the electronic information list is automatically updated, and the registered electronic information is added to the electronic information list (S80).
8).

Next, the client 101 transmits the screen information 301 (= display screen / access receiving unit 20) of the electronic information list.
The case where an access request such as reference, update, acquisition, or the like is performed on arbitrary registered electronic information from 1) will be described in detail with reference to the operation flows of FIGS.

First, when any client 101 selects any electronic information from the screen information 301 of the electronic information list, the display screen information control unit 221 requests a reference to the selected electronic information or an update request. A process selection screen 303a for selecting whether the request is an acquisition request, a request for referencing property information, a request for updating a setting browser, or a request for sending a mail to a registered client. More electronic information list screen information 301
Display to

The case where the request from the client 101 is a reference request will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. First, an access signal for selecting a reference request from the process selection screen 303a is transmitted to the control unit 202 (S901).
It is determined whether or not there is a part for which reference authority to the client 101 that has made a reference request to the electronic information selected by the identification unit 222 is set (S902). At this time, if the reference authority is not set to any part in the selected electronic information, the control unit 202 displays a message indicating that there is no reference range on the screen information 301 of the electronic information list from the message transmission unit 242. (S904). If there is a part for which reference authority is set, the electronic information control unit 22
In step 3, only the part for which reference authority is set in the corresponding electronic information is extracted from the registered electronic information unit 232 into the part setting and access field 505 of the setting browser 501 (S9).
03), the setting browser 501 is displayed on the display screen of the client 101 (S905). At this time, the setting browser 501 displayed on the display screen of the client 101
Displays only the site setting and access field 505 and the cancel button 509, and the site setting function does not function. Further, the setting browser 501 can be closed with a cancel button 509.

The case where the request from the client 101 is an update request will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. First, an access signal for selecting an update request from the processing selection information of the screen information 301 of the electronic information list is sent to the control unit 2.
02 (S1001), and identifies whether or not the electronic information selected by the identification unit 222 is currently being updated by another client 101 (S1002). Is displayed on the screen information 301 of the electronic information list from the message transmitting unit 242 (S1004). If the electronic information is not being updated, it is determined whether or not there is a part for which update authority to the client 101 that has requested the update of the selected electronic information is set (S1003). At this time, if the update authority is not set to any part in the selected electronic information, the control unit 202 displays a message indicating that there is no updatable range on the screen information 301 of the electronic information list from the message transmission unit 242. (S1006).

When there is a part to which the update authority is set, the electronic information control unit 223 uses the registered electronic information unit 232 to set only the part in the corresponding electronic information to which the reference and update authority is set in the part of the setting browser 501. The setting and access field 505 is extracted (S1005), and the setting browser 501 is displayed on the display screen of the client 101 (S1007). An example of the information flow at this time is shown in FIG.
An example is shown below.

At this time, in the setting browser 501 displayed on the display screen of the client 101, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the electronic information 500, the attribute information 502, the site setting and access field 505, the log section 506, the completion button Only the button 508 and the cancel button 509 are displayed, and the part setting function (part setting and access field 505) does not function. The setting browser 501 also displays a part having only reference authority (see FIGS. 5 and 12).
In the example, when the client 101 is the client IV, the part B) cannot be updated.
In the log section 506, the log information at the time of the previous registration is displayed. After the update authority is updated, the completion button 508 is displayed.
Is accessed, the information in the history section 506 can be updated and the setting browser 501 can be closed (S100
8). The client 101 to the server 10 at the time of this update
FIG. 14 shows an example of the flow of information when the update data is reflected on No. 2.

Further, the update process can be canceled by a cancel button 509, and the setting browser 501 can be closed while retaining the log information setting at the time of the previous registration in the log section 506.

The case where the request from the client 101 is an acquisition (reference) request will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. First, an access signal for selecting an acquisition request is transmitted from the processing selection screen 303a to the control unit 202 (S1101), and reference authority to the client 101 that has requested acquisition for the electronic information selected by the identification unit 222 is set. It is determined whether or not there is a part that is present (S1102). At this time, if the reference authority is not set for any part in the selected electronic information, the control unit 20
No. 2 displays a message indicating that there is no acquisition range on the screen information 301 of the electronic information list from the message transmission unit 242 (S1104). If there is a part for which reference authority is set, the identification unit 222 identifies the display format automatically stored at the time of new registration from the registered electronic information unit 232 (S110).
3) Subsequently, the electronic information control unit 223 generates new electronic information in a display format by identifying only a part to which reference authority is set in the corresponding electronic information from the registered electronic information unit 232 (S1105), and the client 101 (S1106).

The case where the request from the client 101 is other than the above request will be briefly described. First, in the case of a reference request for property information, the process selection screen 303a
An access signal for selecting a reference request for property information is transmitted to the control unit 202, and the property information generation unit 22
4 generates the property information of the corresponding electronic information from the registered electronic information section 232 as shown in FIG.
1 is displayed on the display screen. The property information includes an access button 602 for continuously selecting an access request for referring to or updating the corresponding electronic information, and a cancel button 60 for closing the display screen of the property information 601.
3 is displayed.

If the request from the client 101 is an update request using a setting browser, an access signal for selecting the request for updating the setting browser in the corresponding electronic information is transmitted from the process selection screen 303a to the control unit 202, and the identification is performed. The unit 222 identifies whether the client 101 requested from the registered electronic information unit 232 is a registered client of the electronic information, and if the client 101 is a registered client (the client 101 that created the electronic information), the The setting browser is displayed on the display screen of the client 101. If the client is not a registered client, the control unit 202 causes the message transmitting unit 242 to display a message to the effect that the setting browser cannot be displayed on the screen information 301 of the electronic information list.

When the request from the client 101 is a mail transmission request to the registered client, an access signal for selecting a mail transmission request to the registered client in the corresponding electronic information is transmitted to the control unit 202 from the processing selection screen 303a. , The mail transmission unit 2 by the control unit 202
43, a mail creation screen in which the registered client's mail address is set is displayed on the display screen of the client 101, and mail information can be easily created and transmitted.

As described above, according to the electronic information management system of the present embodiment, each client 101
, The client that created the electronic information has a setting browser 501 that can arbitrarily divide elements in the electronic information into parts and set access control to other clients 101 for each part. Since the control unit 202, the information management unit 203, and the like for automatically discriminating the control settings and performing the disclosure control of the electronic information to the other clients 101 are provided, the setting load on the system management side is significantly reduced, A collaboration system that facilitates client-led security management can be realized.

Therefore, a more flexible security management method can be established between the clients 101 of various occupations which share and manage the electronic information for the same purpose, and the display format of the electronic information and the management format on the system side can be established as in the related art. Without depending on each other, optimal and high-quality collaboration of electronic information corresponding to each client 101 can be easily realized.

The invention described in the claims of the present application is expressed in another way as follows.

<1> From a server that sends and receives electronic information via a communication line such as a LAN line or a telephone line, and a client electronic information display device (hereinafter, referred to as a client) that sends and receives electronic information via a communication line. In an electronic information management system, in response to a request from a client to join the system, the entry authority is identified from password information provided for each client registered in advance, and the client enters the system based on the entry authority. It has a function of judging the availability, and a function of registering electronic information that can be shared by a plurality of registered clients from a client (hereinafter referred to as a registered client) capable of participating in the system, and particularly registers electronic information. At this time, it is possible to refer to other registered clients for each part (part) in the electronic information An electronic information management system having a function capable of setting in detail an access right for controlling whether or not updating is possible and whether or not updating is possible.

<2> In the electronic information management system described in item <1>, already registered electronic information (hereinafter referred to as
Means for setting attribute information for displaying a list of registered electronic information) on the display screen of each registered client;
A function for automatically generating a hypertext document based on the attribute information and performing update control of display screen information accessed by the registered client is provided, and a collaboration menu such as reference and update is displayed on the display screen of each registered client. An electronic information management system comprising means for selecting.

<3> In the electronic information management system according to item <1> or <2>, when registering electronic information, a display format of the electronic information at the time of registration is automatically identified and stored as the attribute information. A function and a function for confirming information such as names and departments of all registered clients at the time of registration are provided, and all contents of the electronic information are developed in a setting browser dedicated to the system, and the attribute information, the part classification setting, and each part Means for making access control settings conscious of other registered clients to the electronic information management system.

<4> In the electronic information management system according to item <3>, a reference is made based on the access control setting set in the registered electronic information in response to an access request to any registered electronic information from a registered client. Extract only the part that is permitted to the registered client that requested access such as possible or updateable, equipped with a function to expand on the setting browser and display it on the display screen of the registered client, and when the access request is update, Equipped with a function to identify only updateable parts set in the setting browser and execute update processing, and when an access request is obtained, it can be referred to in the display format stored when the registered electronic information was registered An electronic information management system having a function of generating electronic information by extracting only a part of the electronic information and transmitting the electronic information to a registration client.

<5> In the electronic information management system according to any one of the items <1> to <4>, on the display screen of each client, the site division setting information for each registered electronic information and the registered client requesting access are set. An electronic information management system having a function of displaying property information for each registered electronic information, such as access control settings for each part.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Needless to say, there is.

[0063]

According to the present invention, the client that has created the electronic information divides the elements in the electronic information arbitrarily into parts, and sets the access authority to other clients for each part, thereby providing a system. An effect that various disclosure controls of the electronic information to other clients can be realized without depending on the setting on the side or the like.

According to the present invention, an effect is obtained that the setting load on the system management side can be greatly reduced, and a collaboration system that facilitates client-led security management can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of an electronic information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of various functions of a server configuring the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a display screen of a client included in the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of information used in an electronic information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a setting browser mounted on a client constituting the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a display example on a client of information used in an electronic information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the electronic information management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a setting browser mounted on a client included in an electronic information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the operation of the electronic information management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the operation of the electronic information management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 client, 102 server, 103 Internet line, 201 display screen / access receiving unit,
202: control unit, 203: information management unit, 204: transmission unit, 221: display screen information control unit, 222: identification unit, 2
23 electronic information control section, 224 property information generating section, 225 history information control section, 231 client information section, 232 registered electronic information section, 233 display screen information section, 241 electronic information transmission section, 242 Message transmission unit, 243: E-mail transmission unit, 301: An example of screen information to be displayed on the client side, 302: New registration button,
303: electronic information button, 303a: processing selection screen, 5
00: electronic information, 501: setting browser, 502: attribute information, 503: division setting, 504: setting of access control for each client, 505: division setting and access field, 506: history section, 507: client confirmation button, 508 ... Complete button, 509 ... Cancel button, 601 ... Property information, 602 ... Access button, 603 ... Cancel button

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[Claims] A first information processing device that functions as a server; and a second information processing device that is connected to the first information processing device via an information communication network and functions as a client that accesses the server. A function of restricting access of the client to the server by performing authentication of the client based on pre-registered authentication information; and a function created by the client and configured by the client for each component. A function of accumulating electronic information in which access authority by each of the clients is individually set; and a function of responding to an access request to the electronic information from any of the clients based on the access authority. An electronic information management system characterized by the following. 2. The electronic information management system according to claim 1, wherein when the access request is an update request, the access right of the client that has made the access request is set to be updatable in the electronic information. Is selectively extracted, and when the access request is an acquisition request,
A function of selectively extracting, from the electronic information, the component in which the access right of the client making the access request is set to be obtainable and transmitting the extracted component to the client. Electronic information management system. 3. The electronic information management system according to claim 1, wherein the constituent elements of the electronic information set on the display screen of the client by the client that created the individual electronic information. An electronic information management system comprising a function of displaying setting information and the access authority set for each of the components for each of the clients. 4. A server for receiving an access request from a client via an information communication network, wherein the client is authenticated based on authentication information registered in advance to restrict access of the client to the server. A function of accumulating electronic information created by the client and having access rights set individually by other clients for each component in the client; and an optional function based on the access authority. A function of responding to a request for access to the electronic information from the client. 5. A client for accessing a server via an information communication network, comprising: a function of accessing the server through an authentication procedure; and an electronic device in which an access right by another client is individually set for each component. A client, comprising: a function of creating information and registering it in the server; and a function of browsing or editing the electronic information registered in the server according to the access authority.