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Role-based access control for redacted content

  • US 20090025063A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2007
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a computing system environment, a method of providing access to redacted material, comprising:

  • designating a portion of content as redacted, including establishing various users roles able to access the redacted portion, the establishing occurring by an author of the content;

    upon electronically saving the content, encrypting the redacted portion;

    identifying a role of a user attempting to thereafter interact with the content; and

    if the role of the user attempting to interact with the content matches one of the established various user roles able to access the redacted portion, decrypting the encrypted redacted portion, otherwise preventing access to the encrypted redacted portions but showing portions of the content other than the encrypted redacted portions.

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