INCORPORATING CALENDAR INTERFACES TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST PRESENTATION INFORMATION

• US 20110314392A1
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Howarth, Arthur G.
• Application Number:
  US12/817,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20110314392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• 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 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a group and determining an authorization associated with the group. The group includes a plurality of parties, and the authorization is indicative of a privilege level associated with the group. The method also includes obtaining a set of data and processing the set of data. Processing the set of the data includes determining if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group. Finally, the first section of data is rendered for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the first section of the data is accessible to the group.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a group, the group including a plurality of parties;

determining an authorization associated with the group, the authorization being indicative of a privilege level associated with the group;

obtaining a set of data;

processing the set of data, wherein processing the set of the data includes determining if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group; and

rendering the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the at least first section of the data is accessible to the group.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the authorization indicates that the at least first section of the data is accessible to the group when the privilege level meets or exceeds a particular privilege level.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the privilege level associated with the group is a highest common privilege level associated with the group and the authorization is indicative of the highest common privilege level, and wherein each party of the plurality of parties possesses the highest common privilege level.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein if the highest common privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level, at least some parties of the plurality of parties are dismissed from the group.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the particular privilege level is associated with the at least one section of data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the group includes accessing a calendaring system and obtaining a list from the calendaring system, the list being configured to identify the group.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the list identifies the group as being attendees of a meeting, and wherein the at least first section of the data is arranged to be presented to the attendees of the meeting.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the meeting is a virtual meeting.

9. The method of claim 1 further including:

determining if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level; and

if it is determined if the privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level,

identifying a first party of the plurality of parties, the first party having a first privilege level, the first privilege level being less than the particular privilege level, and

dismissing the first party from the group, wherein dismissing the first party from the group causes the privilege level to meet or exceed the particular privilege level.

10. The method of claim 1 further including:

determining if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level; and

if it is determined if the privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level,

identifying a first party of the plurality of parties, the first party having a first privilege level, the first privilege level being less than the particular privilege level, and

censoring the first party, wherein censoring the first party causes the at least one section of the data to be presented to at least one party of the plurality of parties but not to the first party.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein rendering the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level includes rendering the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group in a meeting attended by the group.

12. A computer-readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code, when executed, configured to:

identify a group, the group including a plurality of parties;

determine an authorization associated with the group, the authorization being indicative of a privilege level associated with the group;

obtain a set of data;

process the set of data, wherein the computer program code configured to process the set of the data is configured to determine if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group; and

render the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the at least first section of the data is accessible to the group.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the authorization indicates that the at least first section of the data is accessible to the group when the privilege level meets or exceeds a particular privilege level.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the privilege level associated with the group is a highest common privilege level associated with the group and the authorization is indicative of the highest common privilege level, and wherein each party of the plurality of parties possesses the highest common privilege level.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 wherein if the highest common privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level, at least some parties of the plurality of parties are dismissed from the group.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the particular privilege level is associated with the at least one section of data.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the computer code configured to identify the group is further configured to access a calendaring system and to obtain a list from the calendaring system, the list being configured to identify the group.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the list identifies the group as being attendees of a meeting, and wherein the at least first section of the data is arranged to be presented to the attendees of the meeting.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the meeting is a virtual meeting.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

determine if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level; and

if it is determined if the privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level,

identify a first party of the plurality of parties, the first party having a first privilege level, the first privilege level being less than the particular privilege level, and

dismiss the first party from the group, wherein the computer code configured to dismiss the first party from the group causes the privilege level to meet or exceed the particular privilege level.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

determine if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level; and

if it is determined if the privilege level does not meet or exceed the particular privilege level,

identify a first party of the plurality of parties, the first party having a first privilege level, the first privilege level being less than the particular privilege level, and

censor the first party, wherein the computer code configured to censor the first party causes the at least one section of the data to be presented to at least one party of the plurality of parties but not to the first party.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the computer program code configured to render the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group if the privilege level meets or exceeds the particular privilege level is further configured to render the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group in a meeting attended by the group.

23. An apparatus comprising:

means for identifying a group, the group including a plurality of parties;

means for determining an authorization associated with the group, the authorization being indicative of a privilege level associated with the group;

means for obtaining a set of data;

means for processing the set of data, wherein the means for processing the set of the data includes means for determining if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group; and

means for rendering the at least first section of the data for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the at least first section of the data is accessible to the group.

24. An apparatus comprising:

a communications interface, the communications interface being configured to establish a communications session through which privilege levels of a plurality of parties is obtained, the communications interface further being configured to obtain a set of data; and

a processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being configured to process the privilege levels of the plurality of parties to identify a representative privilege level, the processing arrangement further being configured to process the set of data to identify at least one section of the set of data that is permissible for viewing with the representative privilege; and

a rendering arrangement, the rendering arrangement being configured to render the at least one section of the set of data to the plurality of parties.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the communications interface is configured to establish the communications session with a calendaring server, the plurality of parties being a plurality of meeting attendees, wherein the communications session is established to obtain information relating to the plurality of meeting attendees.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the rendering arrangement is configured to render the at least one section of the set of data in a meeting attended by the plurality of meeting attendees.