Patent ID: 8181220
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing a plurality of different policy templates; displaying to a user a listing of the plurality of different policy templates to allow the user to select a policy template from the plurality of different policy templates from which to generate a policy for a unit of digital content; receiving the selected policy template, the selected policy template defining a set of permission assignments; receiving a definition of an additional permission assignment to augment the set of permissions in the selected policy template, the additional permission assignment to be applied to the unit of digital content; augmenting, using a processor of a machine, the set of permission assignments defined by the selected policy template by adding the additional permission assignment to the set of permission assignments to form an augmented set of permission assignments for the unit of digital content; assigning the augmented set of permission assignments to the unit of digital content, the assigning including providing a copy of the augmented set of permission assignments for inclusion in the unit of digital content; and maintaining the augmented set of permission assignments as a hidden policy for access control usage that is unavailable for selection by the user for assignment to a different unit of content.