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OwnerStephen Blessin, Steven Bailey +2inventors
InventorsStephen Blessin, Steven Bailey, Gary Lewis, James Pittenger
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The present invention describes a method of restricting user access to parcels of data in a database. Each user of the database may be given a specified security level depending on their needs for their job. Further, each parcel of data in the database may be assigned a particular security threshold that determines its ability to be accessed by users. Both the security threshold of parcels of data, and security levels of users can be easily changed by a user with administrator status. Further an administrator is able to allow a user to access a particular parcel of data whose security threshold is greater than the users security level, by means of an override. The present invention is easily adaptable to help restrict search results of a search of a database, so that each user could receive different results, based on their security level and overrides, from the same initial search.
A method of restricting user access to parcels of data in a database of product items used in a procurement system comprising:
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and encoding a plurality of sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to protect parcels of data in a database of product items by performing the steps of:
A computer-readable medium having a plurality of sequences of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor cause said processor to perform the steps of:
An apparatus allowing the restriction of user access to parcels of data in a database of product items comprising:
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