System and method for information delivery based on at least one self-declared user attribute
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1. A method for computer data content access, comprising:
- providing a computer database in association with a computer server for storing a plurality of computer data content items, wherein each of the plurality of computer data content items is assigned a classification attribute that indicates a target audience by a first user through a first user computer in communication with the computer server via a network, and wherein at least one classification attribute categorizes at least one of the plurality of computer data content items as belonging to a category that another user is conflicted from viewing according to a policy associated with the other user;
providing, by the first user of the first user computer, permission for a second user through a second user computer to request access to the plurality of computer data content items;
receiving, at the computer server, a request for access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items from the second user through the second user computer via the network, wherein the request for access comprises a permission attribute that identifies at least one category of data content items that a second user is not conflicted from viewing, wherein the permission attribute is self-declared by the second user and restricts the second user'"'"'s access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the permission attribute self-declared by the second user does not match the classification attribute assigned by the first user; and
wherein the permission attribute reflects a policy associated with the second user, policy violations comprise violations of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy, and wherein the reflected policy of the self-declared permission attribute relates to at least one of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy applicable to the second user'"'"'s access to the content; and
granting access, by the computer server, to the second user to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the classification attribute assigned by the first user matches the permission attribute self-declared by the second user.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing a user the ability to self-declare one or more permission attributes about the user that form the basis for the filtering (e.g., the dynamic filtering) of current and/or future content. In this manner, access to the content may thus be governed by the self-declared permission attributes (in one example (which example is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive), the present invention may operate within a secure, tracked content delivery infrastructure).
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1. A method for computer data content access, comprising:
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providing a computer database in association with a computer server for storing a plurality of computer data content items, wherein each of the plurality of computer data content items is assigned a classification attribute that indicates a target audience by a first user through a first user computer in communication with the computer server via a network, and wherein at least one classification attribute categorizes at least one of the plurality of computer data content items as belonging to a category that another user is conflicted from viewing according to a policy associated with the other user; providing, by the first user of the first user computer, permission for a second user through a second user computer to request access to the plurality of computer data content items; receiving, at the computer server, a request for access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items from the second user through the second user computer via the network, wherein the request for access comprises a permission attribute that identifies at least one category of data content items that a second user is not conflicted from viewing, wherein the permission attribute is self-declared by the second user and restricts the second user'"'"'s access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the permission attribute self-declared by the second user does not match the classification attribute assigned by the first user; and
wherein the permission attribute reflects a policy associated with the second user, policy violations comprise violations of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy, and wherein the reflected policy of the self-declared permission attribute relates to at least one of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy applicable to the second user'"'"'s access to the content; andgranting access, by the computer server, to the second user to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the classification attribute assigned by the first user matches the permission attribute self-declared by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for computer data content access, comprising:
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providing a computer database in association with a computer server for storing a plurality of computer data content items, wherein each of the plurality of computer data content items is assigned a classification attribute that indicates a target audience by a first user through a first user computer in communication with the computer server via a network, and wherein at least one classification attribute categorizes at least one of the plurality of computer data content items as belonging to a category that another user is conflicted from viewing according to a policy associated with the other user; providing, by the first user of the first user computer, permission for a second user through a second user computer to request access to the plurality of computer data content items; receiving, at the computer server, a request for access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items from the second user through the second user computer via the network, wherein the request for access comprises a permission attribute that identifies at least one category of data content items that a second user is conflicted from viewing, wherein the permission attribute is self-declared by the second user and restricts the second user'"'"'s access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the permission attribute self-declared by the second user matches the classification attribute assigned by the first user;
wherein the permission attribute reflects a policy associated with the second user, policy violations comprise violations of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy, and wherein the reflected policy of the self-declared permission attribute relates to at least one of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy applicable to the second user'"'"'s access to the content; andgranting access, by the computer server, to the second user to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the classification attribute assigned by the first user does not match the permission attribute self-declared by the second user.
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13. A method for computer data content access, comprising:
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providing a computer database in association with a computer server for storing a plurality of computer data content items, wherein each of the plurality of computer data content items is assigned a classification attribute that indicates a target audience by a first user through a first user computer in communication with the computer server via a network, and wherein at least one classification attribute categorizes at least one of the plurality of computer data content items as belonging to a category that another user is conflicted from viewing according to a policy associated with the other user; providing, by the first user of the first user computer, permission for a second user through a second user computer to request access to the plurality of computer data content items; receiving, at the computer server, a request for access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items from the second user through the second user computer via the network, wherein the request for access comprises a permission attribute that identifies at least one category of data content items that a second user is not conflicted from viewing, wherein the permission attribute is self-declared by the second user and restricts the second user'"'"'s access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the permission attribute self-declared by the second user does not match the classification attribute assigned by the first user;
wherein the permission attribute reflects a policy associated with the second user, policy violations comprise violations of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy, and wherein the reflected policy of the self-declared permission attribute relates to at least one of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy applicable to the second user'"'"'s access to the content;providing a hyperlink to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items by the server-based content access management facility if the classification attribute assigned by the first user matches the permission attribute self-declared by the second user; and granting access, by the computer server, to the second user to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the classification attribute assigned by the first user matches the permission attribute self-declared by the second user.
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