PREVENTING CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE GROUPS
First Claim
1. A method of managing information comprising:
- providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization;
within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first document managed by the information management system;
when the first user attempts to access the first document, seeking approval from the policy server;
if approved, permitting the first user to access the first document; and
if not approved, blocking the first user from accessing the first document.
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Abstract
To prevent conflicts of interest, an information management system is used to make sure two or more groups are kept apart so that information does not circulate freely between these groups. The system has policies to implement an “ethical wall” to separate users or groups of users. The user or groups of user may be organized in any arbitrary way, and may be in the same organization or different organizations. The two groups (or two or more users) will not be able to access information belonging to the other, and users in one group may not be able to pass information to the other group. The system may manage access to documents, e-mail, files, and other forms of information.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first document managed by the information management system; when the first user attempts to access the first document, seeking approval from the policy server; if approved, permitting the first user to access the first document; and if not approved, blocking the first user from accessing the first document. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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2. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first document managed by the information management system; storing a subset of the one or more rules of the policy server on a first device of the first user; when the first user attempts to access the first document, evaluating on the first device whether to approve access to the first document; if approved, permitting the first user to access the first document; and if not approved, blocking the first user from accessing the first document.
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19. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first application program managed by the information management system; when the first user uses the first application program to connect to a second user, seeking approval from the policy server; if approved, permitting the first user to use the first application program to connect to the second user; and if not approved, blocking the first user from using the first application program to connect to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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20. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first application program managed by the information management system; storing a subset of the one or more rules of the policy server on a first device of the first user; when the first user uses the first application program to connect to a second user, evaluating the subset of the one or more rules on the first device to determine whether to approve the connection from the first user to a second user; if approved, permitting the first user to use the first application program to connect to the second user; and if not approved, blocking the first user from using the first application program to connect to the second user.
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25. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization comprising a first group and a second group, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; within the first group of the organization, providing a first user and a first application program managed by the information management system; storing a subset of the one or more rules of the policy server on a first device of the first user; when the first user uses the first application program to communicate to a second user, evaluating the subset of the one or more rules on the first device to determine whether to approve the communication from the first user to a second user; if approved, permitting the first user to use the first application program to connect to the second user; and if not approved, blocking the first user from using the first application program to communicate to the second user.
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