Patent ID: 11921872
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling access to data comprising:
receiving a request from an entity to access data comprising a primary data object corresponding to a physical item;
identifying one or more secondary data objects included in the primary data object, wherein the one or more secondary data objects correspond to physical components of the physical item, wherein the physical components are constituent elements of the physical item, wherein the primary data object is provided to a content hosting service by a first content provider, and wherein the one or more secondary data objects are provided to the content hosting service by one or more second content providers;
determining access requirements for the primary data object and the one or more secondary data objects, wherein the one or more secondary data objects have different access requirements than the primary data object;

in response to determining that the access requirements are satisfied by the entity, granting the entity access to the data comprising the primary data object and the one or more secondary data objects, wherein granting the entity access comprises providing an instance of the primary data object, including the one or more secondary data objects, to the entity;
determining that the access requirements for the one or more secondary data objects have been modified;
automatically updating the access requirements for the primary data object and the one or more secondary data objects; and
automatically updating the access requirements for one or more additional primary data objects in which the one or more secondary data objects are included based on the modified access requirements for the one or more secondary data objects.