System, computer program product and method for managing documents

A system for managing documents, comprising:

• a request receiving device configured to receive a request from a user;
• a selecting device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
• a forwarding device configured to forward said request to said application service provider together with a user access level corresponding to said user, wherein said user access level includes at least first, second and third sections, each section indicating a different hierarchical level of access;
• an information receiving device configured to receive information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user based on a comparison between an access level of said document and each of said different hierarchical levels of access indicated by said at least first, second and third sections included in said user access level corresponding to said user;
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• a formatting device configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to manage documents over a computer network, the computer program code mechanism comprising:
• a first computer code device configured to receive a request from a user;
• a second computer code device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said request;
• a third computer code device configured to forward said request to said application service provider together with a user access level corresponding to said user, wherein said user access level includes at least first, second and third sections, each section indicating a different hierarchical level of access;
• a fourth computer code device configured to receive information from said application service provider indicating information of a document provided from said application service provider to said user based on a comparison between an access level of said document and each of said different hierarchical levels of access indicated by said at least first, second and third sections included in said user access level corresponding to said user;
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• a fifth computer code configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.

A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a request from a user;
• receiving a document and storage information from said user;
• selecting an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
• transmitting said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider together with a user access level corresponding to said document, wherein said user access level includes at least first, second and third sections, each section indicating a different hierarchical level of access, and access to said document is based on a comparison between a user access level and each of said different hierarchical levels of access indicated by said at least first, second and third sections included in said document access level corresponding to said document;
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• formatting said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.

A system for managing documents, comprising

• a request receiving device configured to receive a request from a user;
• a receiving device configured to receive a document and storage information from said user;
• a selecting device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
• a transmitting device configured to transmit said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider together with a user access level corresponding to said document, wherein said user access level includes at least first, second and third sections, each section indicating a different hierarchical level of access, and access to said document is based on a comparison between a user access level and each of said different hierarchical levels of access indicated by said at least first, second and third sections included in said document access level corresponding to said document;
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• a formatting device configured to format said documents from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to manage documents over a computer network, the computer program code mechanism comprising:
• a first computer code device configured to receive a request from a user;
• a second computer code device configured to receive a document and storage information from said user;
• a third computer code device configured to select an application service provider from a plurality of application service providers based on said storage information;
• a fourth computer code device configured to transmit said document and at least part of said storage information to a storage device of said application service provider together with a user access level corresponding to said document, wherein said user access level includes at least first, second and third sections, each section indicating a different hierarchical level of access, and access to said document is based on a comparison between a user access level and each of said different hierarchical levels of access indicated by said at least first, second and third sections included in said document access level corresponding to said document;
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• a fifth computer code configured to format said document from said application service provider into a standardized format regardless of which application service provider of said plurality of application service providers is selected.