Filtering shared content

• US 8,473,839 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2011
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dov Koren
• Original Assignee: Dov Koren
• Inventors: Koren, Dov
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vaughn, Gregory J
• Application Number:
  US13/218,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20110314393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/230, 715/231, 715/243, 715/247, 715/253
• US Class Current: 715/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

The application concerns sharing content generated within a system for one or more application displays to be displayed on a first computing device of a first user. A second user is sent a message concerning sharing sharable content wherein the sharable content includes at least a portion of content from the one or more application displays that were generated for the first user. The message includes an access identifier and in response to the second user accepting the message, the system uses the access identifier to share with the second user said sharable content that was generated for the first user. Prior to providing the sharable content to the second user the sharable content can be filtered. Filtering can be performed according to parameters that can be provided by the first user or according to a default values.

Claims

1. A method for sharing content, the method comprising:

generating, for a first user, within a system, content for one or more application displays to be displayed to the first user;

sending, by the system, to at least one second user, a first message to share sharable content, wherein the at least one second user is a different user from said first user;

wherein the sharable content includes at least a portion of content from the one or more application displays that were generated for the first user;

maintaining, by the system, identity of the at least one second user based on user name and password of the at least one second user;

wherein the first message includes an access identifier that enables access to the sharable content;

receiving, from the first user, a specification of at least one filtering parameter that controls how the sharable content is to be filtered for the at least one second user;

filtering the sharable content for the at least one second user based, at least in part, on the at least one filtering parameter and the identity of the at least one second user; and

enabling the first user to change, after sending the first message, the at least one filtering parameter to cause a change of how filtering of the sharable content is performed for the at least one second user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein filtering of the sharable content is performed by an application service.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing, by an application service, an unfiltered version of the sharable content;

filtering, by an Application Server, the unfiltered version of the sharable content prior to providing the sharable content to the at least one second user; and

wherein the application service is separate from the Application Server.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one filtering parameter controls whether particular content, of the sharable content, is accessible to the at least one second user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one filtering parameter controls accessibility of the particular content, on a per user-group basis.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the sharable content includes a plurality of views; and

the particular content includes at least one but not all of the plurality of views.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the sharable content includes a plurality of view groups; and

the particular content includes at least one but not all of the plurality of view groups.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the sharable content includes a table view; and

the particular content includes at least one but not all columns of the table view.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the sharable content includes a particular view; and

the at least one filtering parameter controls whether only a particular portion of the particular view is accessible to the at least one second user.

10. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one filtering parameter controls whether a particular type of content is accessible to the at least one second user.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the at least one filtering parameter controls whether a particular type of image is accessible to the at least one second user.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the particular type of image is a particular type of chart or graph.

13. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the sharable content enables access to a plurality of selectable information sets; and

the at least one filtering parameter controls whether at least one of the plurality of selectable information sets is accessible to the at least one second user.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein each information set of the plurality of selectable information sets corresponds to a distinct account.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the sharable content includes sensitive content; and

the method further comprises preventing the sensitive content from being accessed by the at least one second user.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of preventing access to the sensitive content is performed in response, at least in part, to receiving from the first user, input that is associated with the sensitive content.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one second user includes a plurality of second users; and

at least one user of the plurality of second users is given access to a different subset of the sharable content than at least one other user of the plurality of second users.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one second user includes a plurality of second users; and

at least one user of the plurality of second users is given access to a different subset of the sharable content functionality than at least one other user of the plurality of second users.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein:

the sharable content includes a table view;

the at least one user of the plurality of second users is allowed to sort the table view; and

the at least one other user is not allowed to sort the table view.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein:

the at least one user is enabled to perform, in the sharable content, a transaction involving an item; and

the at least one other user is not enabled to perform, in the sharable content, a transaction involving the item.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the item is a financial instrument.

22. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing to the first user a choice to select the at least one filtering parameter, based on history of usage of the at least one filtering parameter by the first user.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein the sharable content is filtered for the at least one second user by filtering content of the one or more application displays.

24. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the sharable content includes a particular content that is specific to the first user; and

the particular content includes a plurality of messages that were input, in relation to the particular content, by at least one other user.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the at least one other user was enabled to share the particular content with the first user based on accepting at least one other message that was sent in response to input by the first user.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein the access identifier is a URL.

27. The method of claim 1 wherein the sharable content contains, at least in part, real-time information.

28. The method of claim 1 further comprising, prior to sending the first message, generating by the system, the access identifier, based on the identity of the at least one second user.

29. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

maintaining, by the system, an indication of a value of the at least one filtering parameter that is used for filtering the sharable content for the at least one second user; and

providing, to the first user, by the system, the value as a default value of the at least one parameter.

30. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

prior to sending the first message, receiving, by the system from the at least one second user, an expression of interest in being notified about interactions of the first user with the system;

wherein the first message is sent to the at least one second user, based, at least in part, on the expression of interest; and

wherein the first message is sent to the at least one second user in response to interaction of the first user with at least one of the one or more application displays.

41. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the method recited in any one of claims 1, 4, 31, 32, 22, 10, 36, 24, 38, 35.

42. An apparatus including a plurality of means, wherein the plurality of means includes means for performing each step of the method recited in any one of claims 1, 31, 36, 38.

43. An apparatus comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more sequences of instructions that are stored in the one or more memories, wherein each memory from the one or more memories is operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors, and wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when performed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute the steps of the method recited in any one of claims 1, 4, 8, 18, 31, 32, 22, 33, 9, 33, 10, 11, 13, 14, 24, 25, 20, 37, 15-38, 34, 27.

31. A method for sharing content, the method comprising:

generating, for a first user, within a system, content for one or more application displays to be displayed to the first user;

sending, by the system, to at least one second user, a first message to share sharable content, wherein the at least one second user is a different user from said first user;

wherein the sharable content includes at least a portion of content from the one or more application displays that were generated for the first user;

maintaining, by the system, identity of the at least one second user based on user name and password of the at least one second user;

wherein the first message includes an access identifier that enables access to the sharable content;

after sending the first message, receiving from the first user a first text;

adding the first text to the sharable content to cause the first text to be accessible to a plurality of third users, wherein the plurality of third users includes the at least one second user; and

after adding the first text to the sharable content, in response to input by the first user, changing access, to the first text, of the at least one second user based, at least in part, on the identity of the at least one second user, without changing access, to the first text, of at least one user of the plurality of third users.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the input by the first user includes use of a sharing control that is associated with the first text.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein the input by the first user includes modification of at least one parameter that is associated with the first text.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the at least one parameter controls who is enabled to access the first text.

35. The method of claim 33 further comprising, prior to the modification of the at least one parameter, providing to the first user a choice to select the at least one parameter, based on history of usage of the at least one parameter by the first user.

39. The method of claim 34 wherein the at least one other user was enabled to share the particular information with the particular user based on receiving acceptance of at least one other message that was sent in response to input by the particular user.

36. A method for sharing content, the method comprising:

generating, for a first user, within a system, content for one or more application displays to be displayed to the first user;

sending, by the system, to at least one second user, a first message to share sharable content, wherein the at least one second user is a different user from said first user;

wherein the sharable content includes at least a portion of content from the one or more application displays that were generated for the first user;

wherein the first message includes an access identifier that enables access to the sharable content;

receiving, from the first user, a specification of at least one filtering parameter that controls how the sharable content is to be filtered for the at least one second user;

filtering the sharable content for the at least one second user based on the at least one filtering parameter;

enabling the first user to change, after sending the first message, the at least one filtering parameter to cause a change of how filtering of the sharable content is performed for the at least one second user;

wherein the sharable content enables access to a plurality of selectable information sets;

wherein each information set of the plurality of selectable information sets corresponds to a distinct user;

wherein the at least one filtering parameter controls whether at least one of the plurality of selectable information sets is accessible to the at least one second user;

wherein a particular information set of the at least one of the selectable information sets is maintained, by the system, for a particular user; and

wherein the particular user, the first user and the at least one second user are different users.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the particular user is a user with whom the first user is sharing the sharable content.

38. The method of claim 36 wherein:

the particular information set includes a plurality of messages that were input, in relation to the particular information set, by at least one other user; and

the at least one other user, the particular user, the first user and the at least one second user are different users.

40. The method of claim 36 wherein the particular information set is selectable through a user interface element that is presented in the sharable content.