User interface for controlling access to computer objects
First Claim
1. A method for automatically controlling access to one or more objects, comprising:
- employing at least one processor to execute computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium to perform the following acts;
monitoring computer system activity to collect context data;
storing metadata indicative of the context data;
employing the metadata to create associations between objects; and
automatically controlling access to an object based on the object'"'"'s associations with other objects, wherein controlling access to the object comprises setting object sharing controls.
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Abstract
A computer object access control graphical user interface allows a user to set computer locations where a computer object may be accessed and other users who may access the computer object. The computer object may be a computer file, a computer message, person contact information, etc. The access control user interface may operate, for example, to save a computer object to one or more computer locations, and also to specify sharing of the computer object with one or more other users so that they can access the object. Saving a computer object and setting the sharing of it are together referred to as controlling access to the object, the former referring to where the object may be accessed from and the latter referring to who may access the object. This provides, therefore, a unified interface for selecting and displaying destinations that can be either a file store or a person, thereby unifying the control of access to a computer object.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for automatically controlling access to one or more objects, comprising:
employing at least one processor to execute computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium to perform the following acts; monitoring computer system activity to collect context data; storing metadata indicative of the context data; employing the metadata to create associations between objects; and automatically controlling access to an object based on the object'"'"'s associations with other objects, wherein controlling access to the object comprises setting object sharing controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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