PERMISSION MODEL FOR FEED CONTENT

• US 20100241755A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Bruno, John P., Tam, Helen HL, Obasanjo, Oludare V., Dolin, Robert M., Bassett, Charles D., Walters, Benjamin C.
• Application Number:
  US12/406,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241755A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Permission access model techniques are described. In an implementation, an association between data that is publicly accessible and a member of a social network service is formed. The association is combined with a permission control that is operable to control access to the association independent of access to the data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

forming an association between data that is publicly accessible and a member of a social network service; and

combining a permission control with the association to control access to the association independent of access to the data.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the data is unassociated with the member exclusive of the association.

3. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising storing additional data that is associated with the member so access to the additional data is controlled by the permission control.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the combining comprises registering with a backend system the association with the permission control.

5. A method as described in claim 4, wherein the registering comprises:

storing the association with the social network service; and

storing an access control object in an address book with a user record.

6. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the permission control controls access to one or more of:

an extended network for the member,

a network that includes the member, or

the member.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the data is included in a feed of data that is available from a third party source.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the association comprises one or more links to feeds of data.

9. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable to:

combine data with an access control object, the data being associated with a member of a social network service, in which the data is unsecured but is not associated with the member exclusive of the access control object; and

control access, with the access control object, to the data in association with the member based on a permission expression for the access control object.

10. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable to store additional data for the member so access to the additional data is controlled by the access control object.

11. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 9, wherein the data is from a third party feed of data.

12. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable to check a feed source from which the data is obtained for data that comprises an update to the data.

13. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 9, wherein the permission expression controls access to one or more of:

an extended network for the member,

a network that includes the member, or

the member.

14. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 9, wherein the data comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) that points to a source of the data available via a network.

15. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable to:

combine content parsed from a feed of content with an access control object for a member, in which the content is unsecured and is not associated with the member exclusive of the access control object; and

control access, with the access control object, to the content in association with the member by;

creation of a queue of content that corresponds to changes in the feed of content; and

check an identity, associated with a request for the content, with the access control object to determine whether the content is to be presented in association with the member.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to combine additional content for the member with the access control object to control access to the additional content.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the content comprises one or more of:

a photograph,

a video,

a blog entry,

a status, or

a user profile update.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

check for content that forms an update to the content; and

pull-in the content that forms the update for combination with the access control object.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein to check an identity comprises:

authenticate the identity; and

determine whether the identity is permitted access by an activity permission expression for the access control object.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the feed of content is from a third party source.