DOCUMENT SECURITY WITHIN A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
First Claim
1. A method for defining an enterprise organisation and protecting information using an interactive computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. defining one or more management group and assigning a group type,b. assigning employees to one or more management group, the assignment including assigning a subgroup type,c. linking management groups using a relationship,d. storing the results of steps a., b., and c. in a computer-controlled database,e. defining one or more documents with content and document properties,f. granting access rights including a level of access for each document to two or more management groups in accordance with the relationship between the groups,g. storing the documents in a computer-controlled repository, and using the document properties and the relationship between management groups to allow or deny access to the document.
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Abstract
A computer-based method for defining an enterprise organisation providing electronic document security. Enterprise elements of management groups are defined to correspond with an area of accountability, each group having one of several types, including “line of business”, “key results area”, and “senior management”. Each group has several subgroups, including “group head”, “administrative assistant” and “direct report”. Employees are assigned to one or more management group and subgroup, and management groups are related to each other to represent the organisation hierarchy. Groups may be related as “reports to”, “services”, or other defined relationships. Documents are defined having document content and properties. The properties include owning and related management groups. Access to the document is declared so that employees have a level of access based on membership of one or more groups.
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1. A method for defining an enterprise organisation and protecting information using an interactive computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. defining one or more management group and assigning a group type, b. assigning employees to one or more management group, the assignment including assigning a subgroup type, c. linking management groups using a relationship, d. storing the results of steps a., b., and c. in a computer-controlled database, e. defining one or more documents with content and document properties, f. granting access rights including a level of access for each document to two or more management groups in accordance with the relationship between the groups, g. storing the documents in a computer-controlled repository, and using the document properties and the relationship between management groups to allow or deny access to the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Computer software for the definition of an enterprise organisation for protecting enterprise electronic documents, the software comprising:
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an interactive interface for defining management groups and subgroups; employees; and
relationships between two groups and between a group and a employee,a database for containing the definitions of groups and employees, an interactive interface for defining documents having document properties and granting access rights to two or more management groups according to a relationship between them and a repository for containing documents and document properties. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer database for protecting documents containing records defining management groups, a relationship between management groups, employees, and documents, comprising:
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management group records having a management group type and a subtype, employee records having employee properties, employee-group records relating a employee to one or more management group where one relationship is primary, group-group records relating a first management group to a second management group, document records having document properties, and document-group records assigning access rights for a document to a management group. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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