Preventing conflicts of interests between two or more groups
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1. A method of managing information comprising:
- providing an organization, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization;
providing a first user of the organization and a first document managed by the information management system;
when the first user attempts to access the first document at a first computer, seeking approval from the policy server by evaluating a first rule of the one or more rules to manage information, wherein the first rule is created before the first document and the first rule comprises a first conditional statement and a first abstraction component, the first abstraction component stored separately from the first rule at a second computer different than the first computer and the first abstraction component comprises a second conditional statement, and wherein evaluating the first rule comprises;
retrieving the first abstraction component stored at the second computer and its associated second conditional statement, stored separately from the first rule;
determining a first result for the first conditional statement associated with the first rule to determine whether to allow access to the first document;
determining a second result for the second conditional statement associated with the first abstraction component to determine whether to allow access to the first document; and
determining a third result of the evaluated first rule based on the first result associated with the first conditional statement and the second result associated with the second conditional statement;
if the third result evaluates to a Boolean true, permitting the first user to access the first document; and
if the third results evaluates to a Boolean false, blocking the first user from accessing the first document.
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Abstract
To prevent conflicts of interest, an information management system is used to make sure two or more groups are kept apart so that information does not circulate freely between these groups. The system has policies to implement an “ethical wall” to separate users or groups of users. The user or groups of user may be organized in any arbitrary way, and may be in the same organization or different organizations. The two groups (or two or more users) will not be able to access information belonging to the other, and users in one group may not be able to pass information to the other group. The system may manage access to documents, e-mail, files, and other forms of information.
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1. A method of managing information comprising:
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providing an organization, wherein the organization has an information management system comprising a policy server comprising one or more rules to manage information of the organization; providing a first user of the organization and a first document managed by the information management system; when the first user attempts to access the first document at a first computer, seeking approval from the policy server by evaluating a first rule of the one or more rules to manage information, wherein the first rule is created before the first document and the first rule comprises a first conditional statement and a first abstraction component, the first abstraction component stored separately from the first rule at a second computer different than the first computer and the first abstraction component comprises a second conditional statement, and wherein evaluating the first rule comprises; retrieving the first abstraction component stored at the second computer and its associated second conditional statement, stored separately from the first rule; determining a first result for the first conditional statement associated with the first rule to determine whether to allow access to the first document; determining a second result for the second conditional statement associated with the first abstraction component to determine whether to allow access to the first document; and determining a third result of the evaluated first rule based on the first result associated with the first conditional statement and the second result associated with the second conditional statement; if the third result evaluates to a Boolean true, permitting the first user to access the first document; and if the third results evaluates to a Boolean false, blocking the first user from accessing the first document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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