Apparatus and methods for use of access tokens in an internet document management system

A method of providing Internet-based document management comprising:

• providing an Internet-based store, a database, a server connected to the Internet-based store and the database, and a notification server connected to the server;
• accepting a connection from a first remote computer to the server using an Internet protocol;
• receiving an uploaded electronic document from the first remote computer to the server using an Internet protocol;
• generating a record in a document table of the database to store information about the electronic document;
• generating a record in a user table of the database to store information about users of the electronic document;
• generating a record in a transaction table of the database to store information about transactions performed on the electronic document;
• generating an access token;
• generating a record in a security information table of the database to store information about the access token;
• storing the electronic document in the Internet-based store;
• accepting a connection from a second remote computer to the server using an Internet protocol;
• providing to the second remote computer a plurality of document management services supported by the database;
• and
• providing to the second remote computer a notification comprising the access token.