Patent ID: 9659184
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A system associated with a user, comprising: one or more network interfaces adapted to communicate data over a computer network; a hardware processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes; and a memory configured to store a process executable by the hardware processor, the process when executed operable to: display a file system object icon representation of a file system object, the file system object including at least one file or at least one folder originally created by the user, determine whether user input is received to associate a personal identity or a work identity to the file system object, in response to receiving a user input selection to associate the personal identity to the file system object, display a personal identity icon adjacent the file system object icon, in response to receiving a user input selection to associate the work identity to the file system object, display a work identity icon adjacent the file system object icon, protect access to file system objects associated with the personal identity using information that depends on an identity of the user, protect access to file system objects associated with the work identity using information that depends upon an identity of an organization associated with the work identity and information relating to a present status of the user with respect to the organization, by further: revoke access to the file system object by the user when the organization no longer approves of the users' association with the organization, and prevent the individual from revoking access to the shared data file by the organization subsequent to revoking the individual's access to the shared data file, even when the file system object was originally created by the user.