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Access policy based on collaboration participation

  • US 9,432,372 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2010
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an indication of invitees to an online collaboration meeting, participants among the invitees who participated in the online collaboration meeting, and respective status information associated with each of the invitees, the status information including a type of meeting invitation sent to each invitee, wherein the type of meeting invitation sent to each invitee is one of a direct invite and a quest invite;

    storing identities of items of content shared amongst the participants during the on-line collaboration meeting;

    storing the status information associated with the participants among the invitees who participated in the on-line collaboration meeting, first status information indicating that a first participant of the participants is a direct invite among the invitees that was sent a link to attend the on-line collaboration meeting, and second status information indicating that a second participant of the participants is a quest invite among the invitees that was invited by the direct invite to attend the on-line collaboration meeting, wherein a privilege level for the second participant is lower than a privilege level for the first participant;

    generating an access policy indicating the status information for each of the invitees, and identifying the items of content shared amongst the participants during the on-line collaboration meeting, the generating comprising specifying, in the access policy, respective privilege levels for each of the invitees, the privilege levels being based at least in part on the type of meeting invitation sent to each invitee and controlling access to the items of content during and after the on-line collaboration meeting; and

    subsequent to termination of the on-line collaboration meeting, responsive to receiving a request from the first participant or the second participant to access an item of content shared during the on-line collaboration meeting;

    utilizing the access policy to determine whether the first participant or the second participant has a privilege level to access the item of content that was shared amongst the participants during the on-line collaboration meeting;

    in accordance with a privilege level for the first participant specified in the access policy, granting the first participant access to the item of content shared amongst the participants during the on-line collaboration meeting; and

    in accordance with a privilege level for the second participant specified in the access policy, denying the second participant access to the item of content.

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