Method and system of providing secure on-line access to a database of documents

• US 20040261025A1
• Filed: 03/18/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TractManager, Inc. (VCS Holdco LLC)
• Original Assignee: TractManager, Inc. (VCS Holdco LLC)
• Inventors: Drawbaugh, Michael A., Rizk, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/802,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20040261025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

The present invention provides for storing, organizing, managing and remotely accessing documents in a secure environment. Various levels of security control access to documents and specific information on the system based on user access privileges defined by roles of a user. A cover sheet including a standard set of identification data characterizing each document is created. A digital version of each contract is created and stored by scanning each document.

Claims

1. A method of providing secure on-line access to a database of contract information, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying document access privileges for respective access role levels;

classifying a user with a respective access role level;

determining documents to provide to the user, and functionality performable on the documents based on the respective access role level; and

providing the documents and the functionality performable on the documents to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an information location to provide to the user based on the respective access role level;

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing the information location to the user.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the information location includes one of:

a document location, a communications location, a document processing location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing documents specific information in response to the selection of a function performable on a document.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing functionality performable on the document specific information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

restricting the execution of a function performable on the document specific information based on the respective access role level.

8. A system for providing secure on-line access to a database of contract information comprising:

a first computer for;

identifying document access privileges for respective access role levels;

classifying a user with a respective access role level;

determining documents to provide to the user, and functionality

performable on the documents based on the respective access role level; and

providing the documents and the functionality performable on the documents to the user.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

the first computer for determining an information location to provide to the user based on the respective access role level;

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

the first computer for providing the information location to the user.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the information location includes one of:

a document location, a communications location, a document processing location.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

the first computer for providing documents specific information in response to the selection of a function performable on a document.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

the first computer for providing functionality performable on the document specific information.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

the first computer for restricting the execution of a function performable on the document specific information based on the respective access role level.

15. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a network coupled to the first computer.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a second computer, coupled to the network and the first computer, for accessing the first computer.