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Document management system, document management apparatus, authentication method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program

  • US 20040030700A1
  • Filed: 05/23/2003
  • Published: 02/12/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A document management system comprising:

  • at least one client apparatus;

    a communication medium;

    a plurality of document databases capable of being accessed by the client apparatus via said communication medium; and

    a document management apparatus that manages said plurality of document databases such that different authentication methods are used for respective ones of said plurality of document databases when one of said at least one client apparatus having made an access request so as to open any of said plurality of document databases is authenticated, and makes settings such that the one client apparatus is not required to be authenticated again when accessing another one of said plurality of document databases after the one client apparatus has been authenticated.

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