Controlled access to image metadata
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1. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising:
- defining metadata for an image;
associating a user who will access the image with a role;
associating the roles with an element of the metadata;
receiving a request for access to the metadata element by the user; and
comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata element to determine whether to grant the user'"'"'s request for access to the metadata element.
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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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1. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising:
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defining metadata for an image;
associating a user who will access the image with a role;
associating the roles with an element of the metadata;
receiving a request for access to the metadata element by the user; and
comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata element to determine whether to grant the user'"'"'s request for access to the metadata element. - 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 for an image;
means for associating a user who will access the image a with role;
means for associating the role with an element of the metadata;
means for receiving a request for access to the metadata element by a the user; and
means for comparing the user'"'"'s role to the role associated with the metadata element to determine whether to grant the user'"'"'s request for access to the metadata element. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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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 for an image;
(b) associating a users who will access the image with a role;
(c) associating the role with an element of the metadata;
(d) receiving a request for access to the metadata element by the user; and
(e) comparing the user'"'"'s role to the roles associated with the metadata element to determine whether to grant the user'"'"'s request for access to the metadata element. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for controlling access to image metadata, comprising:
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(a) defining metadata for an image file;
(b) associating a role with an element of the metadata;
(c) assigning access privileges for the metadata element to the associated role;
(d) assigning a roles to a user who will access the image;
(e) after the image file is populated with data and stored, receiving a request from the user to access the image and its metadata; and
(f) comparing the role associated with the user to the role associated with the metadata elements in the image file to determine whether to grant the user'"'"'s access request for reading, writing or modifying the metadata element. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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