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Confidential information management system and information terminal for use in the system

  • US 20030004881A1
  • Filed: 09/07/2001
  • Published: 01/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A confidential information management system, comprising:

  • a confidential information managing server for storing and managing confidential information files each in an encoded form in such a manner that each of the confidential information files is available to only an authorized user;

    an encoding/decoding software managing sever for storing and managing encoding/decoding software which encodes/decodes the individual confidential information files; and

    one or more information terminals each capable of having access to both said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever via a communications network, each said information terminal having an environment such as to operate said encoding/decoding software, said information terminal being operable, after an authorized user who intends to access an individual confidential information file is verified, to download the last-named individual confidential information file and said encoding/decoding software from said confidential information managing server and said encoding/decoding software managing sever, respectively, and to decode the downloaded confidential information file using said encoding/decoding software.

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