Method and apparatus for limiting manipulation of documents within a multi-document relationship in a data processing system
First Claim
1. A method in a data processing system for limiting permissible manipulations of a selected document within a multi-document relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one preference of a user with respect to manipulation of a selected document within a multi-document relationship;
creating a user preference object containing said at least one preference of a user associated with an identification of said selected document; and
limiting manipulation of said selected document in accordance with said at least one preference of a user contained within said user preference object in response to an attempted manipulation of said selected document.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for limiting manipulation of individual documents within a multi-document relationship in accordance with a plurality of user specified preferences. A user preference object is created and utilized to store a plurality of user specified preferences for selected documents or for all documents which contain a selected attribute. Thereafter, any attempted manipulation, such as transmission, copying or deleting, of a document within the multi-document relationship will be limited in accordance with the stored preferences within the user preference object. In this manner, a distribution service may relay and distribute a selected document which might not normally be distributed due to incompatible characteristics of other documents which exist in a relationship with the selected document.
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1. A method in a data processing system for limiting permissible manipulations of a selected document within a multi-document relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one preference of a user with respect to manipulation of a selected document within a multi-document relationship; creating a user preference object containing said at least one preference of a user associated with an identification of said selected document; and limiting manipulation of said selected document in accordance with said at least one preference of a user contained within said user preference object in response to an attempted manipulation of said selected document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A data processing system for limiting manipulation of a selected document within a multi-document relationship within said data processing system, said data processing system comprising:
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a user preference object stored within said data processing system including at least one user preference with respect to manipulation of a selected document; means for accessing said user preference object in response to an attempted manipulation of said selected document; and control means for limiting manipulation of said selected document in accordance with said at least one user preference stored within said user preference object in response to an attempted manipulation of said selected document. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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