METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMICALLY ENFORCING PRIVILEGES FOR USE DURING A DATA COLLABORATION SESSION

• US 20080022002A1
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Roberts, Jeff, Wu, Linda, Nothhaft, Henry
• Granted Patent: US 8,296,362 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/60 Types of network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/695 using masks or ranges of addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a first participant wherein the first participant corresponds with a primary group name; identify a profile based on the primary group name; detect a second participant; identify a secondary group name based on the second participant; select a privilege within the profile based on the secondary group name; and apply the privilege to the first participant and the second participant.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a first participant wherein the first participant corresponds with a primary group name;

identifying a profile based on the primary group name;

detecting a second participant;

identifying a secondary group name based on the second participant;

selecting a privilege within the profile based on the secondary group name; and

applying the privilege to the first participant and the second participant.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the privilege includes one of limiting a quantity of data transmitted to the second participant, limiting the type of data transmitted to the second participant, limiting recording a data collaboration session initiated by the second participant, and limiting transmission of an attachment to the second participant.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the attachment includes one of a document, a presentation, an audio file, a graphical file, a textual file, and a spreadsheet.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein detecting the second participant further comprises detecting a serial number of a device utilized by the second participant.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein detecting the second participant further comprises detecting an IP address associated with a device utilized by the second participant.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein detecting the second participant further comprises detecting a login identification utilized by the second participant.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the secondary group name is a known company.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the secondary group name is an unknown company.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising initiating a data collaboration session between the first participant and the second participant.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the primary group name and the secondary group name correspond to a common company.

14. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first participant is an initiator of a data collaboration session between the first participant and the second participant.

15. The method according to claim 14 wherein data is selectively shared between the between the first participant and the second participant through the data collaboration session depending on the privilege.

11. A method comprising:

detecting a first participant wherein the first participant corresponds with a primary group name;

identifying a profile based on the primary group name;

detecting a second participant;

identifying a secondary group name based on the second participant;

selecting a privilege from the profile based on the secondary group name; and

limiting data access to the second participant based on the privilege.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the privilege includes one of limiting a quantity of data transmitted to the second participant, limiting the type of data transmitted to the second participant, limiting recording a data collaboration session initiated by the second participant, and limiting transmission of an attachment to the second participant.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the attachment includes one of a document, a presentation, an audio file, a graphical file, a textual file, and a spreadsheet.

16. A system, comprising:

a device detection module configured to determine an identity of a participant of a data collaboration session;

a profile manager module configured to track a profile wherein the profile includes privilege information associated with the identity of the participant wherein the privilege information restricts transmission of information during the data collaboration session; and

an interface module configured to provide access to the profile.

17. The system according to claim 16 further comprising a storage module configured to store the profile.

18. The system according to claim 16 further comprising a privileges module for managing a plurality of privileges wherein each of the privileges is configured to limit transmission of data during the collaboration session;