Electronic deposit box system
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1. A method of controlling access to electronic information comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one user apparatus;
a remote server; and
a communications link between the at least one user apparatus and the remote server;
allocating disk storage space on the remote server unique to the at least one user apparatus;
allowing at least one user access to the storage space via usemame and password login to the server and via secure encryption of data sent to or from the user apparatus from or to the server; and
allowing at least one further user access to the data storage space and wherein the further users access to the data storage space can be managed by the at least one user with regard to times and dates when the at least one further user can write to and/or read from the data storage space, wherein access to the data storage space by the at least one user is inhibited when the access to the data storage space by the further users is allowed.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a secure electronic deposit box system 25 and a related method of controlling access to electronic information, particularly suitable for use in electronic tendering or the like. The method comprises the steps of providing:
- at least one user apparatus 5;
- a remote server 10;
- a communications link 15 between the at least one user apparatus 5 and the remote server 10;
- allocating disk storage space 20 on the remote server 10 unique to the at least one user apparatus 5;
- allowing the at least one user access to the storage space 20 via secure encryption of data sent to/from the user apparatus 5 and the server 10 and username/password login to the server. By this arrangement, the at least one user apparatus 15 can send data in the form of documentation to the disk storage space 20, and can also access the documentation on the disk storage space 20.
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1. A method of controlling access to electronic information comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one user apparatus; a remote server; and a communications link between the at least one user apparatus and the remote server; allocating disk storage space on the remote server unique to the at least one user apparatus; allowing at least one user access to the storage space via usemame and password login to the server and via secure encryption of data sent to or from the user apparatus from or to the server; and allowing at least one further user access to the data storage space and wherein the further users access to the data storage space can be managed by the at least one user with regard to times and dates when the at least one further user can write to and/or read from the data storage space, wherein access to the data storage space by the at least one user is inhibited when the access to the data storage space by the further users is allowed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic safety deposit system or tender box system comprising:
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at least one user apparatus; a remote server; a communications link between the at least one user apparatus and the remote server; disk storage space allocated on the remote server unique to the at least one user apparatus; means for allowing at least one user access to the storage space via username and password login and via secure encryption of data sent to or from the user apparatus from or to the server; means for allowing at least one further user access to the data storage space; and means for managing the further users access to the data storage space by the at least one user with regard to times and dates when the at least one further user can write to and/or read from the data storage space, and further means for inhibiting access to the data storage space by the at least one user when the access to the data storage space by the further users is allowed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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