Patent ID: 6658415
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for enforcing an authority-designated access policy, said method comprising the steps of:accessing a plurality of authority-designated settings via a network from a universally accessible database according to a particular universal identifier associated with a particular user at a particular authority-enabled system, wherein said plurality of authority-designated settings designate levels of access to particular types of content as determined by at least one of a plurality of authorities to said particular user; comparing said authority-designated settings at said particular authority-enabled system with a plurality of types of content provided by said particular authoritys enabled system; and only allowing access for said particular user to a selection of said plurality of types of content that are enabled according to said authority-designated settings received at said particular authority-enabled system, such that said particular authority-enabled system enforces an authority-designated access policy for a particular user at said particular authority-enabled system.