Patent ID: 11943371
Assignee: BEYOND TRUST SOFTWARE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method, comprising:
determining, via an agent, a plurality of file metadata individually corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of files stored in a particular folder based on a policy file;
receiving, via the agent, a selection of a particular file of the plurality of files, the particular file corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of file metadata;
determining, via the agent, an availability of at least one action for the particular file as specified by the respective one of the plurality of file metadata;
modifying, via the agent, a context menu by adding at least one additional menu entry that corresponds to the at least one action to at least one existing menu entry, the at least one additional menu entry being selected based on the respective one of the plurality of file metadata;
upon selection of the at least one additional menu entry, performing an authentication of a current user account based on the policy file; and
in response to authenticating the current user account, causing the at least one action to be performed based on privileges of the agent.