File Reading Protection System and a Protection Method Thereof

• US 20140007260A1
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: O2 Micro International Limited (O2 Micro Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: O2 Micro International Limited (O2 Micro Incorporated)
• Inventors: Du, Sterling Shyundii, Zuo, Jingjing, He, Chengxia
• Application Number:
  US13/924,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20140007260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices

Abstract

A file reading protection system and a protection method thereof. The file reading protection system includes a first acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The first acquisition unit is configured to obtain a first position of a user device that requests to access a digital file. The determination unit is configured to determine if the first position obtained by the first acquisition unit satisfies a first predetermined condition related to the predetermined position information and to generate a determination result according determination. The processing unit is configured to determine if the user is allowed to access the digital file according to the determination result.

Claims

1. A file reading protection system, comprising:

a first acquisition unit configured to obtain a first position of a user device that requests to access a digital file;

a determination unit configured to determine if the first position obtained by the first acquisition unit satisfies a first predetermined condition related to the predetermined position information and to generate a determination result according determination; and

a processing unit configured to determine if the user is allowed to access the digital file according to the determination result.

2. The file reading protection system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined position information comprises position information designated by the owner of the digital file.

3. The file reading protection system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined position information comprises a position of the owner of the digital file when the digital file is copied to the user device.

4. The file reading protection system of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined condition is set such that the first position is included in the predetermined position information.

5. The file reading protection system of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined condition is set such that the first position is within a first predefined range of the predetermined position in the predetermined position information.

6. The file reading protection system of claim 1, further comprises:

a processing unit configured to allow the user to access the digital file if the first position satisfies the first predetermined condition, wherein the processing unit disallows the user to access the digital file if the first position fails to satisfy the first predetermined condition.

7. The file reading protection system of claim 1, further comprises:

a second acquisition unit configured to obtain a second position of the owner of the digital file when the user requests to access the digital file, wherein the determination unit further configured to determines if the second position of the owner of the digital file satisfies a second predetermined condition related to the predetermined position information.

8. The file reading protection system of claim 7, wherein the second acquisition unit further comprises:

a first positioning sub-unit configured to determine the second position of the owner of the digital file; and

an acquisition sub-unit configured to obtain the second position of the owner of the digital file from the first positioning sub-unit when the user requests to access the digital file.

9. The file reading protection system of claim 7, wherein the second acquisition unit further comprises:

a transmitting sub-unit configured to transmit a positioning instruction;

a second positioning sub-unit configured to determine the second position of the owner of the digital file after receiving the positioning instruction from the transmitting sub-unit; and

a receiving sub-unit configured to receive the second position of the owner of the digital file from the second positioning sub-unit.

10. The file reading protection system of claim 7, wherein the second predetermined condition is set such that the second position of the owner of the digital file is included in the predetermined position information, or the second predetermined condition is set such that second position of the owner of the digital file is within a second predefined range of the predetermined position in the predetermined position information.

11. The file reading protection system of claim 7, further comprising:

the processing unit configured to allow the user to access the digital file if the first position satisfies the first predetermined condition and the second position of the owner of the digital file satisfies the second predetermined condition, wherein the processing unit configured to disallow the user to access the digital file if the first position fails satisfied the first predetermined condition and/or the second position of the owner of the digital file fails to satisfy the second predetermined condition.

12. A method for performing file reading protection, comprising the steps of:

obtaining first position of a user device that requests to access a digital file by a first acquisition unit;

determining if the first position obtained by the first acquisition unit satisfies a first predetermined condition related to the predetermined position information by a determination unit, and generating a determination result according determination; and

determining if the user is allowed to read the digital file according to the determination result by a processing unit.

13. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, wherein predetermined position information comprises position information designated by the owner of the digital file.

14. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, wherein the predetermined position information comprises a position of the owner of the digital file when the digital file is copied to the user device.

15. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition is set such that the first position is included in the predetermined position information.

16. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition is set such that the first position is within a first predefined range of the predetermined position in the predetermined position information.

17. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, further comprising:

allowing the user to access the digital file if the first position satisfies the first predetermined condition, wherein the processing unit disallows the user to access the digital file if the first position fails to satisfy the first predetermined condition.

18. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining a second position of the owner of the digital file when the user requests to access the digital file by a second acquisition unit, wherein the determination unit further configured to determines if the second position of the owner of the digital file satisfies a second predetermined condition related to the predetermined position information.

19. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 18, further comprising:

determining the second position of the owner of the digital file by a first positioning sub-unit in the second acquisition unit; and

obtaining the second position of the owner of the digital file from the first positioning sub-unit when the user requests to access the digital file by an acquisition sub-unit in the second acquisition unit.

20. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 18, further comprising:

transmitting a positioning instruction by a transmitting sub-unit;

determining the second position of the owner of the digital file after receiving the positioning instruction from the transmitting sub-unit by a second positioning sub-unit; and

receiving the second position of the owner of the digital file from the second positioning sub-unit by a receiving sub-unit.

21. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 18, wherein the second predetermined condition is set such that the second position of the owner of the digital file is included in the predetermined position information, or the second predetermined condition is set such that the second position of the owner of the digital file is within a second predefined range of the predetermined position in the predetermined position information.

22. The method for performing file reading protection of claim 18, further comprising:

allowing the user to access the digital file if the first position satisfies the first predetermined condition and the second position of the owner of the digital file satisfies the second predetermined condition, wherein the processing unit disallows the user to access the digital file if the first position fails satisfied the first predetermined condition and/or the second position of the owner of the digital file fails to satisfy the second predetermined condition.