Patent ID: 9069436
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for computer data content access, comprising: providing a computer database in association with a computer server for storing a plurality of computer data content items, wherein each of the plurality of computer data content items is assigned a classification attribute that indicates a target audience by a first user through a first user computer in communication with the computer server via a network, and wherein at least one classification attribute categorizes at least one of the plurality of computer data content items as belonging to a category that another user is conflicted from viewing according to a policy associated with the other user; providing, by the first user of the first user computer, permission for a second user through a second user computer to request access to the plurality of computer data content items; receiving, at the computer server, a request for access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items from the second user through the second user computer via the network, wherein the request for access comprises a permission attribute that identifies at least one category of data content items that a second user is not conflicted from viewing, wherein the permission attribute is self-declared by the second user and restricts the second user's access to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the permission attribute self-declared by the second user does not match the classification attribute assigned by the first user; and wherein the permission attribute reflects a policy associated with the second user, policy violations comprise violations of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy, and wherein the reflected policy of the self-declared permission attribute relates to at least one of an insider trading policy, a privilege policy, an antitrust policy, and a conflict of interest policy applicable to the second user's access to the content; and granting access, by the computer server, to the second user to the at least one of the plurality of computer data content items if the classification attribute assigned by the first user matches the permission attribute self-declared by the second user.