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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF A DOCUMENT ORDERING AND DELIVERY PROGRAM

  • US 20110179053A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2011
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a document management system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing an interface module configured to communicatively connect to an application operating on a user device, wherein the application comprises a user interface configured to provide a user with access to the document management system via the interface module, wherein the user is associated with a client;

    creating a client collection comprising the plurality of internally-held documents;

    associating each of the internally-held documents in the client collection with usage rights in accordance with one or more publisher contracts governing use of the internally-held document;

    associating each of the internally-held documents in the client collection with access rights in accordance with client-defined access rights governing access to the internally-held document by a plurality of the users associated with the client;

    receiving a request for a document from the user'"'"'s device via the interface module from the user'"'"'s device;

    identifying the requested document in at least one of the client collection or a system collection comprising a plurality of externally-held documents;

    verifying compliance with the usage rights and the access rights associated with the requested document; and

    delivering the requested document to the user'"'"'s device via the interface module.

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