×

Method, an apparatus, a computer system, a security component and a computer readable medium for defining access rights in metadata-based file arrangement

  • US 8,996,575 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2010
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for a computer system storing electronic objects being defined by metadata comprising one or more properties having values, comprising:

  • determining access rights for an object by means of one or more pseudo-users, wherein a pseudo-user indicates a metadata property of an object, from a value of which an identity of a user is retrievable;

    retrieving the identity of the user being allowed to access the object by a metadata property value of another object that is indirectly referred to from a metadata property value of the object being accessed, wherein said identity of the user is located in a metadata property value of a last object in a chain of cascaded objects, wherein said chain of cascaded objects is automatically generated by metadata value references between the object being accessed and the last object.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×