Variably Controlling Access to Content
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAlma W. Whitten, Joseph K. O'Sullivan
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Abstract
A software module is presented that enables a person to determine the relevance of a document while preventing the person from making a copy of the entire document. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by programmatically controlling which portions of a document will be presented to a user and which portions will not be presented to the user. In one embodiment, the software module is used in conjunction with a search engine to present a document search result.
Claims46
A computer-implemented method for controlling access to a portion of a document, the document comprising a plurality of portions, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to access the document portion;
- determining whether to provide access to the requested document portion based on data describing past accesses of other portions of the document;
- and
- responding to the request based on the determination.
A computer-implemented method for controlling access to a portion of a document, the document comprising a plurality of portions, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to access the document portion, the document portion containing a part of the document that matches a search query;
- determining whether to provide access to the requested document portion based on data describing past accesses of other portions of the document;
- and
- responding to the request based on the determination.
A computer program product for controlling access to a portion of a document, the document comprising a plurality of portions, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for performing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to access the document portion;
- determining whether to provide access to the requested document portion based on data describing past accesses of other portions of the document;
- and
- responding to the request based on the determination.
A computer program product for controlling access to a portion of a document, the document comprising a plurality of portions, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for performing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to access the document portion, the document portion containing a part of the document that matches a search query;
- determining whether to provide access to the requested document portion based on data describing past accesses of other portions of the document;
- and
- responding to the request based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.