Patent ID: 7437661
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing security for target documents referred to by referring documents, comprising the steps of: identifying a plurality of referring documents having a hypertext link pointing to a target document stored in a storage, the plurality comprising at least one document having a security access requirement and at least one document not having the security access requirement; determining whether a given one of the plurality of referring documents has the security access requirement, the security access requirement comprising an access code associated with the target document and unique to the given referring document; responsive to a determination that the given referring document does not have the security requirement, preventing a user of the given referring document from accessing the target document; and responsive to a determination that the given referring document does have the security requirement, applying the security access requirement to the target document, wherein the user of the given referring document must enter the access code associated with the target document and unique to the given referring document, in order to obtain access to the target document.