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Access Control in a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure - Cloud Technology

  • US 20180337929A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2017
  • Published: 11/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2017
  • Status: Active Application
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a user interface operable to receive a request to share a file on a cloud server over a network, and one or more privacy settings, wherein the privacy settings comprise a privacy group and at least one privacy subcategory for the privacy group;

    a memory operable to store the request and the privacy settings;

    a network interface operable to communicate with the network;

    a processor communicatively coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the network interface, the processor operable to;

    receive the privacy settings;

    register the privacy group according to privacy settings;

    receive the request to share the file over the network from a first user;

    determine, based on a characteristic of the file, the privacy subcategory of the registered privacy group to associate with the file;

    assign the associated privacy subcategory to the file;

    grant, in response to a subsequent request for the file, access to the file based on the assigned privacy subcategory.

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