Data collaboration
AssigneePushpull Technology Limited
InventorsDavid Jones, Daniel Eccleston
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for enabling collaborative access to a data object. The method comprises establishing an access control policy, the access control policy defining at least one collaborative condition under which access to the data object is permissible, monitoring a plurality of users for compliance with the collaborative condition and providing access to the data object after a predetermined number of the users meet the at least one collaborative condition.
Claims27
A method for enabling collaborative access to a data object, comprising:
- establishing an access control policy, the access control policy defining at least one collaborative condition under which access to the data object is permissible and at least one relative temporal condition;
- monitoring a plurality of users for compliance with the collaborative condition;
- and
- providing access to the data object only after a predetermined number of the users meet the at least one collaborative condition within a predetermined time period relative to each other, wherein the predetermined number of said users is greater than one and wherein the collaborative condition comprises:
- a) the use of a predefined device by each user, wherein the predefined device is a device identified as usable by a user to meet the collaborative condition;
- and/or
- b) the use of a predefined application by each user.
A system for enabling collaborative access to a data object, comprising processing means configured to:
- establish an access control policy, the access control policy defining at least one collaborative condition under which access to the data object is permissible and at least one relative temporal condition;
- monitor a plurality of users for compliance with the collaborative condition;
- and
- provide access to the data object only after a predetermined number of the users meet the at least one collaborative condition within a predetermined time period relative to each other, wherein the predetermined number of said users is greater than one and wherein the collaborative condition comprises:
- a) the use of a predefined device by each user, wherein the predefined device is a device identified as usable by a user to meet the collaborative condition;
- or
- b) the use of a predefined application by each user.
A method for enabling collaborative access to a data object, comprising:
- establishing an access control policy, the access control policy specifying at least one collaborative condition under which access to the data object is permissible, at least one relative temporal condition, and:
- a) predefined devices identified as usable by users to meet the collaborative condition;
- b) one or more predefined applications;
- or
- c) predefined constituent data sets, wherein the data object comprises the constituent data sets;
- monitoring a plurality of the predefined devices, applications or constituent data sets for compliance with the collaborative condition;
- and
- providing access to the data object only after a predetermined number of the predefined devices, applications or constituent data sets meet the at least one collaborative condition within a predetermined time period relative to each other.
A system for enabling collaborative access to a data object, comprising processing means configured to:
- establish an access control policy, the access control policy specifying at least one collaborative condition under which access to the data object is permissible, at least one relative temporal condition, and:
- a) predefined devices identified as usable by users to meet the collaborative condition;
- b) one or more predefined applications;
- or
- c) predefined constituent data sets, wherein the data object comprises the constituent data sets;
- monitor a plurality of the predefined devices, applications or constituent data sets for compliance with the collaborative condition;
- and
- provide access to the data object only after a predetermined number of the predefined devices, applications or constituent data sets meet the at least one collaborative condition within a predetermined time period relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.