Management system for the selective provision of internet information for closed user groups

A method, in a document management system, for providing documents from a plurality of server systems to a plurality of client systems, wherein the document management system is coupled to the server systems via the Internet, and wherein the document management system includes a document database, the method comprising:

• receiving search requests;
• acquiring documents that are relevant to the search requests from the server systems;
• and
• filing the documents in the document database,
• wherein the client systems are configured to access the documents in the document database and wherein the document management system blocks access to the Internet for the plurality of client systems,
• wherein the plurality of client systems are coupled to the document management system via an intranet, and
• wherein the document management system includes a document acquisition module and wherein the document acquisition module converts the search requests into a protocol supported by the plurality of servers and stores the documents in an intermediate store.

A system for providing server system documents to clients on an intranet, comprising:

• a document management system including a document database;
• a plurality of client systems coupled to the document management system via an intranet;
• a plurality of server systems, wherein the document management system is coupled to the server systems via the Internet;
• and
• a local web server, wherein the local web server is coupled to the intranet and connects the plurality of client systems to the document database,
• wherein the document management system receives search requests, acquires documents that are relevant to the search requests from the server systems, and files the documents in the document database,
• wherein the client systems are configured to access the documents in the document database and wherein the document management system blocks access to the Internet for the plurality of client systems.

A system for providing server system documents to clients on an intranet, comprising:

• a document management system including a document database;
• a plurality of client systems coupled to the document management system via an intranet;
• and
• a plurality of server systems, wherein the document management system is coupled to the server systems via the Internet, and
• a local web server, wherein the local web server is coupled to the intranet and connects the plurality of client systems to the document database,
• wherein the document management system receives search requests, acquires documents that are relevant to the search requests from the server systems, and files the documents in the document database,
• wherein the client systems are configured to access the documents in the document database and wherein the document management system blocks access to the Internet for the plurality of client systems, and
• wherein the document management system includes a document acquisition module, wherein the document acquisition module converts the search requests into a protocol supported by the plurality of servers and stores the documents in an intermediate store.

A computer program product, in a computer readable medium, for providing documents from a plurality of server systems to a plurality of client systems, wherein the document management system is coupled to the server systems via the Internet, and wherein the document management system includes a document database, the method comprising:

• instructions for receiving search requests;
• instructions for acquiring documents that are relevant to the search requests from the server systems;
• instructions for converting the search requests into a protocol supported by the plurality of servers and stores the documents in an intermediate store;
• and
• instructions for filing the documents in the document database,
• wherein the client systems are configured to access the documents in the document database and wherein the document management system blocks access to the Internet for the plurality of client systems, and
• wherein the plurality of client systems are coupled to a document management system via an intranet.