DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system for managing documents at an electronic data repository includes an electronic data repository that is accessed by a plurality of parties that are remote from a repository and from each other and that have a roll in a transaction. A computer program receives a document from a first remote party and stores the received document in the repository. The computer program permits one or more of the parties access to the document and prohibits all of the parties from modifying and deleting the document from the repository while any second remote party has access to the document.

主权项

1. A system for managing documents at an electronic data repository, wherein the documents relate to a transaction involving a plurality of parties remote from each other and having different roles in the transaction, the system comprising:
an electronic data repository comprising computer-readable database hardware and documents in electronic format and that is accessible by the plurality of parties, wherein the plurality of parties are remote from the repository; and at least one processor and memory from which is executable by the at least one processor a computer program that is configured to, when executed by the at least one processor,
receive a said document in electronic format from a party of the plurality of parties,store the received document in the repository, anddefine one or more rights, providable via the computer program to all first parties of the plurality of parties having access to the repository via the computer program, for access via the computer program to the received document, wherein the computer program is configured to permit access by the first parties to the received document only based upon the providable rights and wherein the providable rights include an ability to view the received document but do not include an ability to revise the received document in the repository or to delete the received document from the repository.