Controlled access to image metadata
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1. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising the steps of:
- (a) defining metadata elements for an image;
(b) associating users who will access the image with roles;
(c) associating the roles with individual metadata elements;
(d) receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, wherein the user'"'"'s role is determined from the request; and
(e) comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling access to image metadata is disclosed, where metadata elements are defined for an image. The method and system include associating users who will access the image with roles, and associating the roles with individual metadata elements. In response to receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, the user'"'"'s role is determined from the request and the user'"'"'s role is compared to the roles associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising the steps of:
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(a) defining metadata elements for an image;
(b) associating users who will access the image with roles;
(c) associating the roles with individual metadata elements;
(d) receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, wherein the user'"'"'s role is determined from the request; and
(e) comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for controlling access to image metadata comprising:
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means for defining metadata elements for an image;
means for associating users who will access the image with roles;
means for associating the roles with individual metadata elements;
means for receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, wherein the user'"'"'s role is determined from the request; and
means for comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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17. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for controlling access to image metadata, the instructions for:
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(a) defining metadata elements for an image;
(b) associating users who will access the image with roles;
(c) associating the roles with individual metadata elements;
(d) receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, wherein the user'"'"'s role is determined from the request; and
(e) comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user.
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25. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising the steps of:
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(a) defining metadata elements for an image file;
(b) associating particular roles with individual metadata elements;
(c) assigning each role certain access privileges for the metadata element to which the access privileges are associated;
(d) assigning particular roles to users who will access the image;
(e) after the image file being populated with data and stored, receiving a request to access the image and its metadata, wherein the role assigned to the user is determined from the request; and
(f) comparing the role assigned to the user with the roles associated with the metadata elements in the image file to determine what metadata elements to make available to the user for reading, writing or modifying.
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30. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising the steps of:
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(a) defining metadata elements for an image;
(b) associating users who will access the image with IDs;
(c) associating the IDs with individual metadata elements;
(d) receiving a request for access to the metadata by a particular user, wherein the request includes the user'"'"'s ID; and
(e) comparing the user'"'"'s ID to the IDs associated with the metadata elements to determine which metadata elements to make available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A network server for controlling access to image file metadata, comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of image files, each of the image files having metadata elements defined therein and data populating each of the metadata elements, each of the image files further including a list of roles and access privileges associated with each of the metadata elements;
means for receiving a request for one of the image files from a user, wherein the user is assigned at least one role;
means for determining the role assigned to the user from the request; and
means for comparing the role assigned to the user with the roles associated with the metadata elements in the image file to determine what metadata elements to make available to the user.
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