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Handling files containing confidential or sensitive information

  • US 8,205,078 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2009
  • Issued: 06/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A data processing system for managing files, the data processing system comprising:

  • a bus system;

    a communications unit connected to the bus system;

    a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions; and

    a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to determine whether a confidentiality attribute has been set for a file and a type of file access being requested in response to receiving a file access request from a user application;

    determine whether the type of file access being requested is one of a plurality of pre-specified access types in response to determining that the confidentiality attribute is set; and

    process the file access request using pre-specified confidentiality protection procedures associated with one of the plurality of pre-specified access types in response to determining that the type of file access being requested is the one of the plurality of pre-specified access types.

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