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Secure document management system

US6978366B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 2000
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/6218
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method and apparatus for secure management of data in a computer controlled storage system. The system includes a trusted data management server (tdm server), responsive to a user or user program application, for storing data in and retrieving data from a storage system. The tdm server includes a security structure generator to generate the following security management structures: an unique identifier for the data; access control information for the data; a data signature for authenticating the data from the data and the unique identifier; and an access control information signature for authenticating the access control information from the access control information and the unique identifier.

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