Apparatus and method for protecting entries in a form using access rights information
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1. A method of controlling access to entries in a form, comprising:
- receiving a form;
providing an entry in a field of the form to generate a filled-in form; and
attaching access rights information to the entry, wherein the access rights information indicates how the entry may be used by a recipient of the filled-in form.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing access rights information on computer accessible content are provided. The apparatus and method provide a mechanism through which access rights information is provided in association with information and content such that use of the information and content is controlled based on the access rights information. The apparatus and method include access rights information tags being associated with information and content. A web browser is provided with code, either in the web browser, or as a plugin application or browser extension, to process the access rights information and thereby control the usage of the associated information and content. The access rights information may be applied to any type of content or portion of content including electronic forms. With electronic forms, the user may define the access rights information tags to be associated with entries supplied by the user. Alternatively a source of the form may designate these access rights information (ARI) tags. The ARI tags are then associated with the entry supplied by the user rather than the form itself. The ARI tags in this context are used to govern the manner by which the source of the form can use the information entered into fields of the form.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of controlling access to entries in a form, comprising:
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receiving a form;
providing an entry in a field of the form to generate a filled-in form; and
attaching access rights information to the entry, wherein the access rights information indicates how the entry may be used by a recipient of the filled-in form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for controlling access to entries in a form, comprising:
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first instructions for receiving a form;
second instructions for providing an entry in a field of the form to generate a filled-in form; and
third instructions for attaching access rights information to the entry, wherein the access rights information indicates how the entry may be used by a recipient of the filled-in form. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for controlling access to entries in a form, comprising:
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means for receiving a form;
means for providing an entry in a field of the form to generate a filled-in form; and
means for attaching access rights information to the entry, wherein the access rights information indicates how the entry may be used by a recipient of the filled-in form. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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