Claims
- 1. A dynamic file access control and management system configured to access one or more content sources including a set of files, said system comprising:
A. a proxy system linked to said one or more content sources, said proxy system comprising an access control module configured to selectively obtain a file from said content sources as a function of an authorization of a user requesting said file and a set of access policies; B. a rights management module configured to generate a set of usage rights associated with said file as a function of a set of predefined usage policies associated with said file for said user; C. at least one client device having a client module configured to interface to a client operating system, said client module configured to selectively inhibit operating system functions with respect to said file as a function of said usage rights; and D. one or more communication means, via which said file and said usage rights are provided to said client device.
- 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said file and said usage rights are provided to said client device via different communication means.
- 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said files are static files.
- 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said files are dynamic files.
- 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said communication means includes a secure transform configured to encrypt and encapsulate said file as a function of a session ID into a message and said client is configured to extract said file from said message.
- 6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said proxy system further includes a user interface, configured to facilitate creation and editing of said access policies and said usage policies and association of said access policies and said usage policies with said files.
- 7. The system as in claim 1, where said client device is a device from a group comprising:
1) a personal computer; 2) a workstation; 3) a personal digital assistant; 4) an e-mail device; 5) a cellular telephone; 6) a Web enabled appliance; and 7) a server.
- 8. The system of claim 1, wherein said proxy system and at least one of said content sources are hosted on the same computing device.
- 9. A method of dynamic file access control and management comprising:
A. accessing a file available from a set of content sources, as a function of an authorization of a user requesting said file and a set of access policies corresponding to said user and said file; B. generating a set of usage rights associated with said file as a function of a set of usage policies associated with said file for said user; C. communicating said file and said usage rights to said a client device of said user, said client device having a client module configured to interface to a client operating system; D. using said client module, selectively inhibiting operating system functions with respect to said file as a function of said usage rights.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/717,474, filed Nov. 20, 2000, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REAL TIME MODIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF COMPUTER FILES, AND REAL TIME BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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09717474 |
Nov 2000 |
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09989479 |
Nov 2001 |
US |