Document management device and method, program therefor, and storage medium

摘要

A document management device is disclosed that enables usage of a usage-permitted folder while ensuring high security without imposing an additional load on a network. The document management device has a reception unit for receiving a request from a client for acquiring usage permission information that permits usage of a document storage unit, a generation unit for generating the usage permission information in response to the received request, and a transmission unit for transmitting the usage permission information to the client.