COLLABORATIVE BOOKMARKING
First Claim
1. A method of filtering tags in a collaborative bookmarking system wherein the collaborative bookmarking system includes confidential and/or proprietary information comprising:
- permitting a user access to the collaborative bookmarking system;
authenticating the user;
permitting the user to submit a search request to the collaborative bookmarking system, whereby the search request retrieves search result tags; and
filtering the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for filtering tags in a collaborative bookmarking system wherein the collaborative bookmarking system includes confidential and/or proprietary information, whereby tag filters prevent access to certain confidential and/or proprietary information by permitting a user access to the collaborative bookmarking system, authenticating the user, permitting the user to submit a search request to the collaborative bookmarking system, whereby the search request retrieves search result tags, and filtering the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of filtering tags in a collaborative bookmarking system wherein the collaborative bookmarking system includes confidential and/or proprietary information comprising:
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permitting a user access to the collaborative bookmarking system; authenticating the user; permitting the user to submit a search request to the collaborative bookmarking system, whereby the search request retrieves search result tags; and filtering the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for collaborating tags in a bookmarking system operated by a public or private entity wherein the bookmarking system comprises a plurality of tags applied to content items by a plurality of users, wherein the bookmarking system restricts certain tags from certain users, comprising:
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one or more user interfaces; a collaborative bookmarking database linked to the one or more users interfaces, wherein users utilize the one or more user interfaces to search the collaborative bookmarking database to obtain search result tags; one or more servers linked to the collaborative bookmarking database; one or more networks linked to the servers and to the user interfaces; one or more authentication servers linked to the one or more servers; one or more tag filters linked to the one or more filters; wherein the one or more tag filters filter the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product encoded in a computer readable medium having program code for instructing a system to filter tags in a collaborative bookmarking system wherein the collaborative bookmarking system includes confidential and/or proprietary information, the program code configured to cause the computer to perform the method comprising:
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permitting a user access to the collaborative bookmarking system; authenticating the user; permitting the user to submit a search request to the collaborative bookmarking system, whereby the search request retrieves search result tags; and filtering the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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