Enabling a web application to access a protected file on a secured server

摘要

A document exchange environment for allowing a user to access documents. The document exchange environment includes a web server, a document vault database and a file server. The document vault database is coupled to the web server and stores information regarding whether a user is authorized to access a document file. The file server is coupled to the web server and provides a user access to the document file via the web server based upon the information regarding whether the user is authorized to access the document file.