Appeal 2007-0257
Application 10/047,123
Appellant’s invention relates to a method, system, and computer
program to manage a groupware session so that multiple permission fields in
user and asset records are considered before granting the ability to edit a
document (digital asset). In the words of the Appellant:
Typical embodiments of the invention include receiving from a
first client device a first digital asset record representing a first digital
asset, the first digital asset record comprising a first asset access
permission field identifying a first asset access permission, and
receiving from the first client device a second digital asset record
representing the first digital asset, the second digital asset record
comprising the first asset access permission field identifying a second
asset access permission. Some embodiments typically include
replacing, promptly after receiving the second digital asset record, the
first digital asset record with the second digital asset record, whereby
the asset access permission for the digital asset is changed in near real
time from the first asset access permission to the second asset access
permission.
Claim 1 is exemplary:
1. A method of ad hoc data sharing, the method comprising the
steps of:
creating at least one user record representing a user granted
access to digital assets, wherein:
each user has a client device,
at least two of the client devices are wirelessly coupled for data
communications to at least one computer, and
each user record comprises a user access privilege field
identifying for each user that user’s access privilege for access
to digital assets;
receiving from client devices digital asset records representing
digital assets, each digital asset record comprising:
at least one asset access permission field identifying a digital
asset’s asset access permission, and
a location field identifying the location of a digital asset;
retrieving digital assets in dependence upon the location fields
in the digital asset records;
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