Controlling the distribution of information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoger T. Baird, Jeffrey C. Baird, Timothy P. Blair
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Abstract
A source generates a request to receive a document. A determination is made regarding an authorization level associated with the source of the request. Another determination is made as to an authorization level required to view the requested document. If the source of the request is authorized to receive the requested document, the requested document is transmitted to the source of the request. If the source of the request is not authorized to receive the requested document, the unauthorized portions of the requested document are redacted and the redacted version of the requested document is transmitted to the source of the request.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving a request for a document;
- identifying a source of the request;
- determining an authorization level associated with the source of the request;
- determining an authorization level required to view the requested document;
- if the source of the request is authorized to receive the requested document, transmitting the requested document to the source of the request;
- and
- if the source of the request is not authorized to receive the requested document, redacting unauthorized portions of the requested document and transmitting the redacted version of the requested document to the source of the request.
A method comprising:
- receiving a document;
- determining an authorization level required to view the received document;
- determining an authorization level associated with a current user;
- if the current user is authorized to view the complete received document, displaying the received document;
- and
- if the current user is not authorized to view the complete received document, redacting unauthorized portions of the received document and displaying the redacted version of the document.
A computer-readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- identifying a source of a request for a document;
- determining an authorization level associated with the source of the request;
- determining an authorization level required to view the requested document;
- if the source of the request is authorized to receive the requested document, transmitting the requested document to the source of the request;
- and
- if the source of the request is not authorized to receive the requested document, redacting unauthorized portions of the requested document and transmitting the redacted version of the requested document to the source of the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.