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US 2016/0239646 A1Published application
Selective access to portions of digital content
AssigneeAdobe Systems Incorporated
InventorsJAMES LESTER, STEVEN CLIFFORD GOTTWALS, JAMES D. PRAVETZ
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Abstract
A system and method provide selective access to portions of digital content. A request to access a digital content item is received, the digital content item including multiple portions. Responsive to the request, multiple policies relating respectively to the multiple portions of the digital content item are identified. Access to the multiple portions of the digital content item is selectively enabled, based on the multiple policies.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a digital content item that includes multiple portions, the request including a content identifier associated with the digital content item;
- responsive to the request, identifying, using the content identifier, access polices for the digital content item, the access policies including access controls for the multiple portions of the digital content item, each access control corresponding to a respective portion and comprising a portion identifier for the respective portion and zero or more types of permission to the respective portion;
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- selectively enabling access to a first portion of the digital content item by providing at least one type of permission to the first portion specified by a first access control comprising a first portion identifier for the first portion.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a digital content item that includes multiple portions, the request including a content identifier associated with the digital content item and an entity identifier;
- responsive to the request, identifying, using the content identifier, access polices for the digital content item, the access policies including access controls for the multiple portions of the digital content item, each access control corresponding to a respective portion and comprising a portion identifier for the respective portion and information identifying one or more entities having access rights to the respective portion;
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- selectively enabling access to a first portion of the digital content item responsive to a determination that access to the first portion is permitted based on the entity identifier and information identifying one or more entities having access rights specified by a first access control comprising a first portion identifier for the first portion.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a digital content item that includes multiple portions, the request including a content identifier associated with the digital content item;
- responsive to the request, identifying, using the content identifier, access polices for the digital content item, the access policies including access controls for the multiple portions of the digital content item, each access control corresponding to a respective portion and comprising a portion identifier for the respective portion;
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- selectively enabling access to at least some portions of the digital content item based on the access controls, including visually presenting a first portion of the digital content item based on a first access control comprising a first portion identifier for the first portion and visually redacting a second portion of the digital content item based on a second access control comprising a second portion identifier for the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.