Patent ID: 7631048
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a computer system, a method for sending from the computer system a user policy-controlled automated response to an information transfer request from a requesting computing system, the method comprising: setting a user policy controlled by a user, the user policy defining parameters for use in controlling an automated reply to information transfer requests from the requesting computing system; receiving the information transfer request from the requesting computing system; applying parameters of the user policy to the information transfer request to allocate a response and to set a response level based on the user policy in order to provide the user policy-controlled automated response to the requesting computing system; and delegating the response based on the response level and sending the response to the requesting computing system, wherein the act of delegating and sending the response comprises at least one of sending an unqualified response based on a first response level where the unqualified response is a complete response having no restrictions on use of transferred information; and sending a qualified response based on a second response level where the qualified response is a partial response with restrictions on the use of the transferred information, wherein the act of sending the qualified response comprises: detecting if use restrictions are to be included with the response sent to the requesting computing system, and attaching a restricted use policy to the response sent to the requesting computing system, the use policy controlling use and further distribution of the response by the requesting computing system.