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Method and apparatus for managing documents in a centralized document repository system

  • US 20020019827A1
  • Filed: 06/05/2001
  • Published: 02/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for managing documents in a centralized document repository having a server on which document copies are stored and requested by a plurality of users, the method comprising:

  • (a) requiring each of the users to obtain all copies of the documents from the server;

    (b) when an original document is entered into the server by a document owner, assigning a name to the original document where the name is independent of the content and location of the original document and has a fixed format;

    (c) including an authcode identifying the document owner in the original document name at a first predetermined location in the fixed format; and

    (d) including a version number indicating changes to the original document in the original document name at a second predetermined location in the fixed format.

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