Patent ID: 7984498

Claim:
A method comprising: selecting a primary group name; identifying a first device that is a member of a primary group associated with the primary group name; specifying privileges associated with the member of the primary group, wherein the privileges limit transmission of documents from the first device to one or more other devices that are non-members of the primary group during a data collaboration session, and at least one of limit a quantity of other data transmitted from the first device to one or more other devices that are non-members of the primary group during the data collaboration session, limit a type of other data transmitted from the first device to one or more other devices that are non-members of the primary group during the data collaboration session, or limit recording the data collaboration session by one or more other devices that are the non-members of the primary group; storing the primary group name, an identification of the first device, the privileges, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address range associated with the primary group name within a profile; and establishing the data collaboration session between the first device and the one or more other devices to share data among users of the devices, wherein the data collaboration session restricts the first device from transmitting documents to a second device during the data collaboration session, and at least one of restricts the quantity of other data transmitted to the second device during the data collaboration session, restricts the type of other data transmitted to the second device during the data collaboration session, or restrict recording the data collaboration session by the second device according to the privileges, based on the second device's IP address not falling within the IP address range associated with the primary group name stored within the profile and thereby being considered a non-member of the primary group.