Patent ID: 8782734
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computing system environment, a method for controlling access privileges to digital data available on one or more computing devices, comprising: identifying one or more semantic attributes of at least one compressed first digital data set stored on the one or more computing devices, the one or more semantic attributes providing a high-level description of a content of the compressed first digital data set; associating a policy dictating access privileges to the at least one compressed first digital data set with the identified one or more semantic attributes; receiving a user request for access privileges to at least one compressed second digital data set stored on the one or more computing devices; identifying one or more semantic attributes of the at least one compressed second digital data set; comparing the identified one or more semantic attributes of the at least one compressed second digital data set to the identified one or more semantic attributes of the at least one compressed first digital data set to determine a semantic similarity between the first and second compressed digital data sets; and based on the comparing, enforcing the policy to allow or not allow the user access privileges to the at least one compressed second digital data set.