Network system, management server, and update notification method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorIkumi Irioka
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a network system includes a first computer, a second computer and a third computer. The first computer is configured to set access rights to a storage medium in units of folders or files. The third computer is configured to manage a relationship between the first computer and the second computer. The third computer includes a first notification module. The first notification module is configured to notify the second computer of an update of the first folder or the first file, when the folder or the file in the storage medium is updated.
Claims18
A network system comprising:
- a first computer configured to set access rights to a storage medium managed by the first computer in units of folders or files;
- a second computer having either (1) an access right of being permitted to update a first folder or a first file on the storage medium via a network, or (2) an access right of being prohibited from updating the first folder or the first file;
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- a third computer configured to manage a relationship between the first computer and the second computer, and to serve as an intermediary between the first computer and the second computer via the network,
- wherein the third computer comprises a first notification module configured to notify the second computer of an update of the first folder or the first file, when the first folder or the first file is updated.
A management server comprising:
- a specification module configured to specify a second computer as having a right to access, via a network, a first folder or a first file on a storage medium managed by a first computer, when the first folder or the first file is updated;
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- a notification module configured to notify the second computer specified by the specification module that the first folder or the first file has been updated via the network.
An update notification method of a management server configured to manage a relationship between a first computer and a second computer, and to serve as an intermediary of connection between the first computer and the second computer via a network, the method comprising:
- specifying the second computer as having a right to access, via the network, a first folder or a first file on a storage medium managed by the first computer, when the first folder or the first file is updated;
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- notifying the second computer that the first folder or the first file has been updated via the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.