Communication device, communication system and method therefor
First Claim
1. A communication device which accepts an access from a single or plural other communication devices through a network in accordance with the operation of plural users, characterized by comprising:
- storage means;
managing means for managing access authority data which defines access authority for at least one of a directory defined in a storage area of said storage means and file data stored in the directory concerned every at least one of a user who makes the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs; and
access control means for making an inquiry to said managing means in accordance with the access and controlling the access to said storage means on the basis of the access authority data received from said managing means in response to the inquiry concerned every user or group.
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Abstract
A communication device including an access authority data managing DB device for managing access authority data with which access authority for at least one of storage area defined logically or physically in a storage device and file data stored in the storage area is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs is set as a unit, and a non-open WWW device for controlling an access to the storage device on the basis of the access authority data achieved from the access authority data managing DB device in accordance with an access from a terminal device.
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22 Claims
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1. A communication device which accepts an access from a single or plural other communication devices through a network in accordance with the operation of plural users, characterized by comprising:
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storage means;
managing means for managing access authority data which defines access authority for at least one of a directory defined in a storage area of said storage means and file data stored in the directory concerned every at least one of a user who makes the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs; and
access control means for making an inquiry to said managing means in accordance with the access and controlling the access to said storage means on the basis of the access authority data received from said managing means in response to the inquiry concerned every user or group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system which accepts an access from a single or plural other communication devices through a network in accordance with the operation of plural users, characterized by comprising:
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storage means;
managing means for managing access authority data for defining access authority for at least one of first and second areas logically or physically defined in a storage area of said storage means and file data stored in the first and second storage areas concerned every at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs;
first access control means for making an inquiry to said managing means in response to a request for an access to the first storage area and controlling the access to the first storage area on the basis of the access authority data received from said managing means in response to the inquiry every user or group; and
second access control means for making an inquiry to said managing means in response to a request for an access to the second storage area and controlling the access to the second storage area on the basis of the access authority data received from said managing means in response to the inquiry every user or group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A communication method for receiving an access from single or plural other communication devices through a network in accordance with an operation of plural users to perform prescribed processing, characterized by comprising:
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a step of managing access authority data in which access authority for at least one of a directory defined in a storage area of storage means and file data stored in the directory concerned is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user belongs is set as a unit; and
a step of controlling the access to the storage means on the basis of the access authority data in accordance with the access with the user or the group as a unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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- 20. A communication method for receiving an access from single or plural other communication devices through a network in accordance with operations of plural users and carrying out processing by using storage means, managing means, first access control means and second access control means, characterized in that the managing means manages access authority data which define access authority for at least one of first and second storage areas defined logically or physically in the storage means and file data stored in the first and second storage areas every at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs, the first access control means makes an inquiry to the managing means in accordance with the access to the first storage area and controls the access to the first storage area on the basis of the access authority data received from the managing means in response to the inquiry every user or group, and the second access control means makes an inquiry to the managing means in accordance with the access to the second storage area, and controlling the access to the second storage area on the basis of the access authority data received from the managing means in response to the inquiry every user or group.
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