Systems and methods for geo-fenced dynamic dissemination

• US 10,430,062 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Wilczynski, Peter, Carrino, John, Zangri, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parcher, Daniel W
• Application Number:
  US15/709,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20180349007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for sharing maps in a collaborative environment using classification-based access control. The generation of and dissemination of maps and/or data within such maps can be governed by classification-based access control, where a user'"'"'s classification level can determine whether or not maps and/or data within those maps can be seen. In some scenarios, a user may wish to reveal the existence of data and/or additional details within a limited geographical area or subset of a map. The systems and methods further provide a geo-fenced view that can dynamically declassify data (to a specified degree). For example, declassified details can be revealed for moving data sets or objects upon entry into the geo-fenced view, and upon existing the geo-fenced view, the moving data sets or objects are reclassified.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

generate a plurality of views of a map, each of the plurality of views comprising one or more objects presentable in accordance with a plurality of classification levels;

present a first geo-fenced view comprising a first virtual boundary encompassing a first subset of the map in conjunction with one of the plurality of views of the map;

present a second geo-fenced view comprising a second virtual boundary encompassing a second subset of the map in conjunction with the one of the plurality of views of the map, at least a portion of the second geo-fenced view overlapping at least a portion of the first geo-fenced view;

reclassify one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, the different classification level not being included in the plurality of classification levels, the different classification level comprising a logical combination of a set of first parameters of a first classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the first geo-fenced view and a subset of second parameters of a second classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the second geo-fenced view;

cause, by a second reclassifying, at least one of the objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to be redacted;

present, in response to the reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects in the first geo-fenced view;

present, in response to the second reclassifying, an indication of the at least one redacted object in a classified search interface presented in conjunction with at least a portion of the map;

present the first geo-fenced view within a window defined by a classification banner.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of classification levels characterize amounts of information revealable by or through the one or more objects.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise at least one of entities represented as objects on the map, and wherein the one or more aspects of the objects comprise one or more properties of the objects, one or more object types, user-generated annotations, and metadata associated with one or more of the objects.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to generate the first geo-fenced view comprise instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to render one or more layers of the map in accordance with the plurality of classification levels, the one or more layers being representative of the one or more objects.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to generate the first geo-fenced view comprise instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to apply one or more filters adapted to select a subset of the one or more objects to be declassified.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification banner associated with the geo-fenced view is representative of a classification level that is more restrictive than that associated with the one of the plurality of views of the map presented in conjunction with the first geo-fenced view.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise moving data sets within the map.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to further reclassify the one or more aspects of the one or more objects upon the at least one of the one or more objects exiting the first geo-fenced view.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the system to:

present, in response to the reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects in the at least a portion of the first geo-fenced view overlapped by the at least a portion of the second geo-fenced view, the at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects not being presentable in the first geo-fenced view according to the first classification level or the second geo-fenced view according to the second classification level.

10. A method being implemented by a computing system including one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

generating a plurality of views of a map, each of the plurality of views comprising one or more objects presentable in accordance with a plurality of classification levels;

presenting a first geo-fenced view comprising a first virtual boundary encompassing a first subset of the map in conjunction with one of the plurality of views of the map;

presenting a second geo-fenced view comprising a second virtual boundary encompassing a second subset of the map in conjunction with the one of the plurality of views of the map, at least a portion of the second geo-fenced view overlapping at least a portion of the first geo-fenced view;

reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, the different classification level not being included in the plurality of classification levels, the different classification level comprising a logical combination of a set of first parameters of a first classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the first geo-fenced view and a subset of second parameters of a second classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the second geo-fenced view;

causing, by a second reclassifying, at least one of the objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to be redacted;

presenting, in response to the reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects in the first geo-fenced view;

presenting, in response to the second reclassifying, an indication of the at least one redacted object in a classified search interface presented in conjunction with at least a portion of the map; and

presenting the first geo-fenced view within a window defined by a classification banner.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of classification levels characterize amounts of information revealable by or through the one or more objects.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more objects comprise at least one of entities represented as objects on the map, and wherein the one or more aspects of the objects comprise one or more properties of the objects, one or more object types, user-generated annotations, and metadata associated with one or more of the objects.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising rendering one or more layers of the map in accordance with the plurality of classification levels, the one or more layers being representative of the one or more objects.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising applying one or more filters adapted to select a subset of the one or more objects to be declassified.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the classification banner associated with the geo-fenced view is representative of a classification level that is more restrictive than that associated with the one of the plurality of views of the map presented in conjunction with the first geo-fenced view.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more objects comprise moving data sets within the map.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising causing a further reclassifying of the one or more aspects of the one or more objects upon the at least one of the one or more objects exiting the first geo-fenced view.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting, in response to the reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects in the at least a portion of the first geo-fenced view overlapped by the at least a portion of the second geo-fenced view, the at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects not being presentable in the first geo-fenced view according to the first classification level or the second geo-fenced view according to the second classification level.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

generating a plurality of views of a map, each of the plurality of views comprising one or more objects presentable in accordance with a plurality of classification levels;

presenting a first geo-fenced view comprising a first virtual boundary encompassing a first subset of the map in conjunction with one of the plurality of views of the map;

presenting a second geo-fenced view comprising a second virtual boundary encompassing a second subset of the map in conjunction with the one of the plurality of views of the map, at least a portion of the second geo-fenced view overlapping at least a portion of the first geo-fenced view;

reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, the different classification level not being included in the plurality of classification levels, the different classification level comprising a logical combination of a set of first parameters of a first classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the first geo-fenced view and a subset of second parameters of a second classification level of the plurality of classification levels associated with the second geo-fenced view;

causing, by a second reclassifying, at least one of the objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to be redacted;

presenting, in response to the reclassifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more objects contained within the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary to a different classification level, at least a portion of the one or more reclassified aspects of the at least one of the one or more objects in the first geo-fenced view;

presenting, in response to the second reclassifying, an indication of the at least one redacted object in a classified search interface presented in conjunction with at least a portion of the map; and

presenting the first geo-fenced view within a window defined by a classification banner.