Variable user interface based on document access privileges
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1. A method comprising:
- determining access privileges to a document for a user based on location information associated with the user and access rights associated with the document;
formatting one or more portions of the document for display to the user based on the determined access privileges; and
providing the formatted portions of the document to the user.
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Abstract
Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user'"'"'s location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user. More particularly, access privileges to a document for a user are determined based on geographical location information of the user and based on access rights possessed for the document. Portions of the document may then be formatted for display to the user based on the determined access privileges.
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34 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining access privileges to a document for a user based on location information associated with the user and access rights associated with the document;
formatting one or more portions of the document for display to the user based on the determined access privileges; and
providing the formatted portions of the document to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for a document from a user;
receiving information relating to the user;
determining viewable portions of the document, as governed by copyright laws, based on the information relating to the user; and
making available the viewable portions of the document to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a search engine to receive search queries and return links to documents relevant to the search queries; and
a document browsing component to, in response to a request for one or more of the documents relevant to a search query, determine access privileges to the one or more of the documents on a per-user and per-document basis based on location information associated with the user, the document browsing component additionally transmitting portions of the one or more of the documents to the user as permitted by the determined access privileges. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A device comprising:
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means for determining access privileges to a document for a user based on geographical location information of the user and access rights associated with the document;
means for formatting portions of the document for display to the user based on the determined access privileges; and
means for transmitting the formatted portions of the document to the user.
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33. A method comprising:
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retrieving information relating to a user;
receiving a request for a document from the user;
retrieving access rights possessed for the document, the access rights defining legal display rights of a content provider to display the document;
determining access privileges to the document for the user based on the information relating to the user and based on the access rights possessed for the document;
formatting portions of the document for display to the user based on the determined access privileges; and
transmitting the formatted portions of the document to the user. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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