Method and apparatus of determining access rights to content items
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- memory for storing a plurality of content items; and
a processor coupled to the memory and arranged to determine content metadata for the plurality of content items;
receive a request for a first content item of the content items;
determine requester metadata for the request, the requester metadata comprising data of a characteristic of a first requester of the request; and
determine an access right for the first requester to the first content item in response to the content metadata and the requester metadata.
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Abstract
Access rights to content items, such as personal photos etc, is determined in response to content metadata and requester metadata. A plurality of content items is stored in a content item store. An access right processor determines content metadata for the plurality of content items. When a request for a content item is determined, the access right processor determines requester metadata for the request. The requester metadata comprises data of a characteristic of a requester of the request. The access right processor then determines access rights in response to the content metadata and the requester metadata. If a positive access right is determined, the requested content item may be sent to the requester. The access right may further be determined in response to past usage data or context data for the content items. The invention may allow an improved and automated access right management.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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memory for storing a plurality of content items; and
a processor coupled to the memory and arranged to determine content metadata for the plurality of content items;
receive a request for a first content item of the content items;
determine requester metadata for the request, the requester metadata comprising data of a characteristic of a first requester of the request; and
determine an access right for the first requester to the first content item in response to the content metadata and the requester metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of determining access rights to content items comprising:
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storing a plurality of content items;
determining content metadata for the plurality of content items;
receiving a request for a first content item of the content items;
determining requester metadata for the request, the requester metadata comprising data of a characteristic of a first requester of the request; and
determining an access right for the first requester to the first content item in response to the content metadata and the requester metadata.
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