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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2009
Hiroshi Ota, Saitama, JP;
Masaki Tasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Sakuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohisa Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ota, Saitama, JP;
Masaki Tasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Sakuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohisa Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, components within different hierarchical document levels of a document have individual access rights and various hierarchical relationships with other components on different hierarchical levels within the document. Rules for automatically propagating changes in access rights for subordinate document components to superordinate document components are maintained. When an access right for a subordinate document component is changed, the change is automatically propagated to one or more superordinate document components, if permitted by the associated rules.