Systems and methods for electronically publishing content

• US 9,275,198 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: O'Gorman, Tim P. Jr., Anderson, Christopher J., MacArthur, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Zecher, Dede
• Assistant Examiner(s): McCoy, Richard
• Application Number:
  US13/491,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

Systems and methods for electronically publishing content are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a content selection and receiving a selection of rights assigned to the content. The method also includes receiving a selection of one or more tags and associating the content with the rights assigned and the tag to enable a security trimmed rank adjusted search return of the content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a selection of content in response to displaying a first selectable option on a first user interface to enable the content to be identified or selected;

receiving a selection of rights assigned to the content in response to displaying a second selectable plurality of options on a second user interface, the second selectable options designating different rights to be associated with the content upon selection, the rights assigned to be associated with one or more groups to be granted access to the content, the rights assigned to enable a security trimmed search return;

receiving a selection of one or more tags in response to displaying a third selectable plurality of options on a third user interface, the third selectable options corresponding to different tags to be associated with the content upon selection, the third selectable options including different control tags, different supplier tags, and different regulations associated with the content, in response to the selection of one or more of the third selectable options, the one or more tags are assigned to the content to enable at least one of content delivery, content identification, or content searchability, the tags are associated with one or more of the different regulations, one or more of the different supplier tags, or one or more of the different control tags, the one or more tags to enable a rank adjusted search return, the rights assigned are different than the one or more tags;

directly associating the content with the rights assigned and the one or more tags to enable a security trimmed rank adjusted search return of the content;

scanning the content and, in response to and based on the scanned content, generating a first content associated identifier, the first content associated identifier uniquely identifying the content;

comparing the first content associated identifier to other content associated identifiers, the other content associated identifiers being associated with previously published content, the other content associated identifiers uniquely identifying respective portions of the previously published content, the comparing to determine if the first content associated identifier is substantially the same as one of the other content associated identifiers to determine that the content has not been published previously; and

in response to determining that the content has not been published previously, publishing the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more groups include at least one of a content owner or a person to be enabled to access the content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating of the content with the rights assigned and the one or more tags is to enable a context weighted search return of the content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is to be published after receiving confirmation of an accuracy of one or more of a content owner, a person, or a group to be enabled to access the content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more groups include one or more of United States employees of an entity, non-United States employees of the entity, non-employees of the entity, or individuals selected from a limited distribution list.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising enabling at least one of the content owner or a content publisher to modify the content.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising indexing the content based on one or more of the content owner, a content modifier, or a content publisher.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the different regulations comprise one or more export controls.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping the content with other content by associating the first content associated identifier and the one or more other content associated identifiers with the content and the other content.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising substantially preventing access to the content by a person or a group based on the regulation to which the content is subject.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping the content with other content by associating the first content associated identifier and the one or more other content associated identifiers, wherein the content and the other content are at least partially different.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more tags are not a sub-category of the rights assigned.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of the content includes enabling a user to identify content to publish.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first selectable option includes at least one of a button, an entry field, a search field, a scroll menu, a checkbox, or a selection list.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of rights includes enabling a user to designate one or more of the different rights to be associated with the content, and receiving a selection of one or more of the second selectable options.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of the one or more tags includes enabling a user to select one or more of the third selectable options, and receiving a selection of one or more of the third selectable options.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein

the third selectable options includes fourth selectable options associated with the different control tags and fifth selectable options associated with the different supplier tags;

and

receiving a selection of one or more the fourth selectable options or the fifth selectable options.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the fourth selectable options include buttons grouped in a first area of the user interface and the fifth selectable options include at least an entry field or a scrollable menu in a second area of the user interface, the first area spaced from the second area.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the second area includes a first button to add a supplier tag to the supplier tags and a second button to remove a supplier tag from the supplier tags.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of the content, the receiving of the selection of the rights assigned to the content, and the receiving of the one or more tags includes displaying on a user interface first tabs associated with the selection of the content, second tabs associated with the selection of the rights assigned to the content, and third tabs associated with the one or more tags, and receiving a selection of one or more of the first tabs, the second tabs, or the third tabs.

25. The method of claim 1, further including receiving a confirmation indicating the selection of the content, the selection of the rights, and the selection of the tags, the confirmation includes displaying a selectable confirmation tab indicating the selection of the content, the selection of the rights, and the selection of the tags.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the selection of the content, the receiving of the rights assigned, and the receiving of the one or more tags includes displaying, via a user interface, a publisher identifier, the publisher identifier associated with a publisher of the content.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein two or more of the first user interface, the second user interface, or the third user interface are the same user interface.

31. The method of claim 1, wherein the third selectable options includes a selectable option associated with a first tag and a selectable option associated with a second tag.

32. The method of claim 1, wherein the third selectable options includes at least one of a first button, a first entry field, a first search field, a first scroll menu, a first checkbox, or a first selection list and at least one of a second button, a second entry field, a second search field, a second scroll menu, a second checkbox, or a second selection list.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

an access device to;

receive a selection of content in response to displaying a first selectable option on a first user interface to enable the content to be identified or selected;

receive a selection of rights assigned to the content in response to displaying a second selectable plurality of options on a second user interface, the second selectable options designating different rights to be associated with the content upon selection, the rights assigned comprising one or more groups to be enabled to access the content, the rights assigned to enable a security trimmed search return of the content;

receive a selection of one or more tags assigned to the content in response to displaying a third selectable plurality of options on a third user interface, the third selectable options corresponding to different tags to be associated with the content upon selection, the third selectable options including different control tags, different supplier tags, and different regulations associated with the content, in response to the selection of one or more of the third selectable options, the one or more tags are assigned to the content to enable at least one of content delivery, content identification, or content searchability, the tags are associated with one or more of the different regulations, one or more of the different supplier tags, or one or more of the different control tags, the one or more tags to enable a rank adjusted search return of the content, the rights assigned are different than the one or more tags; and

a processor to associate the content with the rights assigned and the one or more tags to enable a security trimmed rank adjusted search return of the content, the processor to process the content to determine a content associated identifier that uniquely identifies the content, the processor to compare the content associated identifier to other content associated identifiers to determine if the content has been published previously to prevent duplicate publication, the other content associated identifiers uniquely identifying respective portions of previously published content, the processor to enable the content to be published upon determining that the content has not been previously published.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is to group the content with other content.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is to cause a notification to be displayed on a user interface if the content has been previously published.

27. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is to prevent access to the content by a person or a group based on a regulation to which the content is subject.

28. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is to index the content based on one or more of a content owner, a content modifier, or a content publisher.

29. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is to prevent publication of the content if the content has been previously published.

13. A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:

receive a content selection in response to displaying a first selectable option on a first user interface to enable the content to be identified or selected;

receive a selection of rights assigned to the content in response to displaying a second selectable plurality of options on a second user interface, the second selectable options designating different rights to be associated with the content upon selection, the rights assigned comprising one or more groups to be enabled to access the content, the rights assigned to enable a security trimmed search return;

receive a selection of one or more tags in response to displaying a third selectable plurality of options on a third user interface, the third selectable options corresponding to different tags to be associated with the content upon selection, the third selectable options including different control tags, different supplier tags, and different regulations associated with the content, in response to the selection of one or more of the third selectable options, the tags are assigned to the content to enable at least one of content delivery, content identification, or content searchability, the tags are associated with one or more of the different regulations, one or more of the different supplier tags, or one or more of the different control tags, the one or more tags to enable a rank adjusted search return, the rights assigned are different than the one or more tags;

directly associate the content with the rights assigned and the one or more tags to enable a security trimmed rank adjusted search return of the content;

scan the content and, in response to and based on the scanned content, generate a first content associated identifier, the first content associated identifier uniquely identifying the content;

compare the first content associated identifier to other content associated identifiers to determine if the content has been published previously, the other content associated identifiers uniquely identifying respective portions of previously published content; and

in response to the content being determined as not being published previously, publish the content.