Patent ID: 8037525
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for access control and entitlement determination for hierarchically organized content comprising: selecting a node in hierarchically organized content; inferring entitlements for direct descendants of the selected node based upon expressly conferred permissive access rights amongst ancestors and descendants of the selected node and expressly conferred impermissive rights amongst descendants of the selected node; and, applying the inferred entitlements in a view to the hierarchically organized content; wherein the inferring comprises: populating an entitlement list with direct descendant nodes exclusive of nodes to which impermissive access control rights have been expressly applied when at least one ancestor node has had permissive access control rights expressly applied; and, otherwise populating an entitlement list with direct descendant nodes for which downstream descendent nodes have had permissive access control rights expressly applied.