Dynamic file access control and management
US7660902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/101
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dynamic file access control and management system and method in accordance with the present invention may be a proxy file management system that includes one or more file system proxy servers that provide selective access and usage management to files available from one or more file systems or sources. The present invention may embody a secure transport protocol that tunnels distributed file systems, application independent usage controls connected to files on end-user computers, dynamically merging secondary content to a requested file, and applying bandwidth management to any of the foregoing. Embodied in the various implementations of the present invention is enhanced file security. Preferably, the proxy file management system is transparent to an end-user. A dynamic content management system may also be included that selectively adds content to requested files.
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